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Old Culture War Thread: Your good books list

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Not a "favorite books" list, but here is what I have been thinking about or reading recently:

  • "Borges: Selected Non-Fictions" - fun, interesting, often hilarious essays

  • Will Wight's "Cradle" series - addictive xianxia-style popcorn fiction

  • Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" - classic of libertarian scifi

  • Taiyō Matsumoto's "Ping Pong" - a sports manga. Good characters. Short.

  • Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations" - mostly a collection of aphorisms, but the philosophy espoused is interesting. Also worked surprisingly well as a character study of the author.

  • Alexander Wales's "Worth the Candle" - a remarkably touching isekai

  • Augustine's "Confessions" - interesting both theologically and for the background setting of the 4th century Mediterranean.

  • Haruki Murakami's "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" - short stories, my enjoyment varied wildly, but good overall.

"Borges: Selected Non-Fictions"

I have a copy of Ficciones which permanently lives in my backseat, against being stuck anywhere with nothing to do. I can always read Borges again and find more.