The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett
A very popular novel about the building of a cathedral. Except its not about the building of a cathedral
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The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late – Judith Enck, Adam Mahoney
If I owned a bookstore there would be a whole bookshelf simply labeled “Doomerism non-fiction”
The Giver – Lois Lowry
Another book that feels like a patient zero for a whole genre.
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
An honest look at the lives of the homeless. A really important read.
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Kill Decision – Daniel Suarez
Suarez once again wrote a nice little thriller that makes us say “oh, shit this could happen…
A People’s History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation – Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle
Howard Zinn’s work is for the most part not too well known. Hopefully it will work
Children of Ruin, Children of Memory – Adrian Tchaikovsky
I think I have seen this show before
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Call of the Wild – Jack London
A book that was probably revolutionary when it came out. Felt old hat to me
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
A book designed to teach kids how to read and enjoy novels.
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI – Yuval Noah Harari
Kind of another book on AI, but Harari has interesting things to say
Failures in Polymathy 