Russian fantasy. Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power.
Der Spiegel im Spiegel
by
Michael Ende
ยท published 1983
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Downbelow Station
by
C.J. Cherryh
ยท published 1981
ยท added on 2018-08-28
Dragonsbane
by
Barbara Hambly
ยท published 1985
ยท added on 2018-09-03
Dreamsnake
by
Vonda N. McIntyre
ยท published 1978
ยท added on 2018-09-03
Dying Inside
by
Robert Silverberg
ยท published 1972
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Echopraxia
by
Peter Watts
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2019-01-14
Benthor. Doubling down on the vampire from Blindsight, horrifying thought. Need to re-visit Blindsight first.
Embers of War
by
Gareth L. Powell
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2019-02-04
sentient ships
Empire of Sand
by
Tasha Suri
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2018-12-04
Multiple recs. Indian-flavoured fantasy. Magical heroine whose strength is in compassion.
Eon
by
Greg Bear
ยท published 1985
ยท added on 2018-08-28
Europe in Autumn
by
Dave Hutchinson
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2018-11-02
Scifi spy thriller.
Exit West
by
Mohsin Hamid
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-08-15
Fated
by
Benedict Jacka
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2018-10-07
Alex Verus. Urban Fantasy, running a magic shop in London. Generic but not bad.
Foundation
by
Isaac Asimov
ยท published 1951
ยท added on 2018-02-18
From Under the Mountain
by
C.M. Spivey
ยท published 2016
ยท added on 2018-09-28
From Unseen Fire
by
Cass Morris
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2018-09-28
Gateway
by
Frederik Pohl
ยท published 1977
ยท added on 2018-08-25
Gemsigns
by
Stephanie Saulter
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2019-03-09
Social science fiction.
Heart of Iron
by
Ekaterina Sedia
ยท published 2011
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Russian steampunk-ish
Hero Forged
by
Josh Erikson
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2019-04-01
Via reddit. Urban fantasy con artist.
Heroes Die
by
Matthew Woodring Stover
ยท published 1998
ยท added on 2018-09-15
His Majesty’s Dragon
by
Naomi Novik
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2018-07-21
Homeland
by
R.A. Salvatore
ยท published 1990
ยท added on 2018-09-15
House of Suns
by
Alastair Reynolds
ยท published 2008
ยท added on 2018-09-06
I Am Legend
by
Richard Matheson
ยท published 1954
ยท added on 2018-08-27
Inda
by
Sherwood Smith
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2018-09-15
Ink and Bone
by
Rachel Caine
ยท published 2015
ยท added on 2018-08-21
Interview with the Vampire
by
Anne Rice
ยท published 1976
ยท added on 2018-10-12
consider linking https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-25-mn-2255-story.html and https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a36386485/tom-cruise-interview-with-a-vampire-anne-rice-sabotage/
and her war on fanfic
Jade City
by
Fonda Lee
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-09-21
Jhereg
by
Steven Brust
ยท published 1983
ยท added on 2018-09-15
by
Neil Gaiman
ยท published 1993
ยท added on 2015-07-02
The Collapsing Empire
by
John Scalzi
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-08-07
The Crystal Cave
by
Mary Stewart
ยท published 1970
ยท added on 2018-10-12
Very Arthurian, much Saga.
The Cyberiad
by
Stanisลaw Lem
ยท published 1965
ยท added on 2018-10-16
The Darkness That Comes Before
by
R. Scott Bakker
ยท published 2003
ยท added on 2015-04-17
The Day of the Triffids
by
John Wyndham
ยท published 1951
ยท added on 2019-01-17
Also mentioned in Among Others. Dark & classic. Liked by Kathy and Tim.
The Devil You Know
by
Mike Carey
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2020-07-26
For when I’m in the mood of standard-fare Urban Fantasy again. Freelance exorcist in London, cf
The Dragon’s Path
by
Daniel Abraham
ยท published 2011
ยท added on 2020-07-26
Supersedes my previous reading list entry for Long Price Quartet because I listened to people talk about it. Thank you,
book discord. This one sounded better, as per,
ff.
The Dragonbone Chair
by
Tad Williams
ยท published 1988
ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Dying Earth
by
Jack Vance
ยท published 1950
ยท added on 2018-09-12
I really enjoyed Have Space SuitโWill Travel, and I
hope that this more well-known Heinlein book will be similarly good. (Better? More adult? We’ll see โฆ)
The Mote in God’s Eye
by
Larry Niven
ยท published 1974
ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Night Circus
by
Erin Morgenstern
ยท published 2011
ยท added on 2018-03-19
The Ninth Rain
by
Jen Williams
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-11-03
Fantasy, epic, “very good Wellsian concept of creepy alien invasion, older lesbian heroine, moral complexity, well
written”.
The Novice
by
Taran Matharu
ยท published 2015
ยท added on 2018-09-21
The Only Harmless Great Thing
by
Brooke Bolander
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2018-11-22
nebula, whimsical history patterning
The Poppy War
by
R.F. Kuang
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2018-08-27
The Prince of Cats
by
Daniel E. Olesen
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2018-11-28
Middle East fantasy
The Psychology of Time Travel
by
Kate Mascarenhas
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2019-03-09
time travel possibly done well? Never going to give up hope.
The Rapture of the Nerds
by
Cory Doctorow
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2016-05-07
The Raven Boys
by
Maggie Stiefvater
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Red Knight
by
Miles Cameron
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2017-11-15
The Ruin of Angels
by
Max Gladstone
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2022-02-03
by
Joseph Roth
ยท published 1932
ยท added on 2015-04-08
The Wandering Jew
by
Stefan Heym
ยท published 1981
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Unser Herr Bรถckelmann
by
Walter Kempowski, Roswitha Quadflieg
ยท published 1979
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Wider den Gehorsam
by
Arno Gruen
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2019-10-22
nonfiction.
Historical Fiction
Show all 82 books
A Burnable Book
by
Bruce Holsinger
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2021-11-02
Via The Light Ages:
For an atmospheric novelistic portrayal of the medieval city, authored by an academic historian, try Bruce Holsinger, A Burnable Book (London, 2014).
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by
John Escott, Ellis Peters
ยท published 2007
ยท added on 2021-10-31
A Natural History of Dragons
by
Marie Brennan
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2018-09-15
Russian fantasy. Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power.
From Unseen Fire
by
Cass Morris
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2018-09-28
Gay New York
by
George Chauncey
ยท published 1994
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Heart of Iron
by
Ekaterina Sedia
ยท published 2011
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Russian steampunk-ish
His Majesty’s Dragon
by
Naomi Novik
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2018-07-21
How to Be a Victorian
by
Ruth Goodman
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2021-10-31
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by
Hampton Sides
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2016-05-11
Ink and Bone
by
Rachel Caine
ยท published 2015
ยท added on 2018-08-21
Interview with the Vampire
by
Anne Rice
ยท published 1976
ยท added on 2018-10-12
consider linking https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-25-mn-2255-story.html and https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a36386485/tom-cruise-interview-with-a-vampire-anne-rice-sabotage/
and her war on fanfic
Jane Eyre
by
Charlotte Brontรซ
ยท published 1847
ยท added on 2015-04-17
Jeder stirbt fรผr sich allein
by
Hans Fallada
ยท published 1947
ยท added on 2018-07-24
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
by
John Crowley
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-09-04
Kindred
by
Rebecca Wragg Sykes
ยท published 2020
ยท added on 2021-10-31
popular history, people history. make people understand where we come from
others did it badly, then so can i!
not a good history of england, but an okay rant by a good writer, or a good rant by an okay writer.
Alif the Unseen
by
G. Willow Wilson
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2018-08-28
Arzt in den Hรถllen
by
Fritz Lettow
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Atomic Accidents
by
James Mahaffey
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2019-11-15
Nonfiction. David: ‘There’s also the chapter with the very reassuring title “The Military Almost Never Lost a Nuclear Weapon”’
Britain after Rome
by
Robin Fleming
ยท published 2010
ยท added on 2021-12-11
Carrying the Fire
by
Michael Collins
ยท published 1974
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction, space variety: Michael Collins autobiography
Catherine the Great
by
Robert K. Massie
ยท published 2011
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Consider the Fork
by
Bee Wilson
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2018-09-30
Nonfiction, history
Defying Hitler
by
Sebastian Haffner
ยท published 2000
ยท added on 2018-08-19
Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism
by
Peter Marshall
ยท published 1992
ยท added on 2017-11-20
Energy and Civilization: A History
by
Vaclav Smil
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-08-07
Gay New York
by
George Chauncey
ยท published 1994
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Growing Old in the Middle Ages
by
Shulamith Shahar
ยท published 1997
ยท added on 2021-10-31
How Buildings Learn
by
Stewart Brand
ยท published 1994
ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Be a Victorian
by
Ruth Goodman
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2021-10-31
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by
Hampton Sides
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2016-05-11
Jeder stirbt fรผr sich allein
by
Hans Fallada
ยท published 1947
ยท added on 2018-07-24
Kindred
by
Rebecca Wragg Sykes
ยท published 2020
ยท added on 2021-10-31
popular history, people history. make people understand where we come from
others did it badly, then so can i!
not a good history of england, but an okay rant by a good writer, or a good rant by an okay writer.
Ad Infinitum
by
Nicholas Ostler
ยท published 2007
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction: history of the Latin language, extremely well-informed.
Anarchy in Action
by
Colin Ward
ยท published 1973
ยท added on 2017-11-20
Britain after Rome
by
Robin Fleming
ยท published 2010
ยท added on 2021-12-11
Carrying the Fire
by
Michael Collins
ยท published 1974
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction, space variety: Michael Collins autobiography
Conflict Is Not Abuse
by
Sarah Schulman
ยท published 2016
ยท added on 2020-08-13
I’ve been actively avoiding this book for months, might as well add it to the list.
Designing Visual Interfaces
by
Kevin E. Mullet, Darrell Sano
ยท published 1994
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Eat and Run
by
Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Energy and Civilization: A History
by
Vaclav Smil
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-08-07
Exuberant Animal
by
Frank Forencich
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2021-01-28
Recommended by multiple Davids. Currently only available from the US, check occasionally.
Games People Play
by
Eric Berne
ยท published 1964
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction, psychology
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
by
Elinor Ostrom
ยท published 1990
ยท added on 2018-06-10
Growing Old in the Middle Ages
by
Shulamith Shahar
ยท published 1997
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Hidden Figures
by
Margot Lee Shetterly
ยท published 2016
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction, space history
How to Cheat at Everything
by
Simon Lovell
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less
by
Nicholas Boothman
ยท published 1999
ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Talk to Anyone
by
Leil Lowndes
ยท published 1998
ยท added on 2021-02-17
Kindred
by
Rebecca Wragg Sykes
ยท published 2020
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Lateral Thinking
by
Edward de Bono
ยท published 1970
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction
Loving What Is
by
Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell
ยท published 2002
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction, reflection, personal development
Money
by
Felix Martin
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2021-01-28
by
Olaf Stapledon
ยท published 1937
ยท added on 2018-08-28
The Art of War
by
Sun Tzu
ยท published -500
ยท added on 2018-08-13
The Darkness That Comes Before
by
R. Scott Bakker
ยท published 2003
ยท added on 2015-04-17
The Demon-Haunted World
by
Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
ยท published 1996
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Golden Age
by
John C. Wright
ยท published 2002
ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Luck Factor
by
Richard Wiseman
ยท published 2003
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Master and his Emissary
by
Iain McGilchrist
ยท published 2009
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
by
Roger Williams
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Origins of Unfairness: Social Categories and Cultural Evolution
by
Cailin O'Connor
ยท published 2019
ยท added on 2020-02-18
Nonfiction. Recommended by David: “I’ve previously not-really-joked that you can’t understand gender until you’ve read Thomas Schelling’s book about the game theory of nuclear war, “The Strategy of Conflict”. That joke is now deprecated in favour of a recommendation to read this book.”
The Strategy of Conflict
by
Thomas C. Schelling
ยท published 1960
ยท added on 2020-06-06
David recommends it regularly, and it featured on Scholar’s
Stage in an article on riots. Nonfiction.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by
Mark Manson
ยท published 2016
ยท added on 2018-03-20
The Tyranny Of Structurelessness
by
Jo Freeman
ยท published 1970
ยท added on 2019-11-15
Not sure, thought it came via book Discord. Nonfiction.
Two Cheers for Anarchism
by
James C. Scott
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2020-01-02
Nonfiction.
Voices: The Educational Formation Of Conscience
by
Thomas F. Green
ยท published 1999
ยท added on 2020-05-25
Recommended by Lisa and David, “if you’re
interested in the question of how people learn morality at a practical level”. Nonfiction.
Wider den Gehorsam
by
Arno Gruen
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2019-10-22
nonfiction.
ๅคช้ฝใจ้ [Taiyล to tetsu]
by
Yukio Mishima, John Bester
ยท published 1968
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Poetry
Show all 1 books
Always Coming Home
by
Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine
ยท published 1985
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Psychology
Show all 26 books
Conflict Is Not Abuse
by
Sarah Schulman
ยท published 2016
ยท added on 2020-08-13
I’ve been actively avoiding this book for months, might as well add it to the list.
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
by
Geoffrey A. Moore
ยท published 1991
ยท added on 2018-08-13
Dying Inside
by
Robert Silverberg
ยท published 1972
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Experiences of Depression
by
Matthew Ratcliffe
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by
Steven D. Levitt
ยท published 2005
ยท added on 2018-08-20
Games People Play
by
Eric Berne
ยท published 1964
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction, psychology
How to Be an Adult in Relationships
by
David Richo
ยท published 2002
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Impro
by
Keith Johnstone, Irving Wardle
ยท published 1979
ยท added on 2021-10-31
In an Unspoken Voice
by
Peter A. Levine, Gabor Matรฉ
ยท published 2010
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Resilient. How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
by
Rick Hanson
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Ritual and its Consequences
by
Adam B. Seligman, Robert P. Weller, Michael Puett
ยท published 2008
ยท added on 2020-08-13
Nonfiction. Recommendation by David and joXn.
Shop Class as Soulcraft
by
Matthew B. Crawford
ยท published 2009
ยท added on 2021-10-31
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How it Changed the World
by
Carl Zimmer
ยท published 2003
ยท added on 2020-03-08
by
John Scalzi
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-08-07
The Crystal Cave
by
Mary Stewart
ยท published 1970
ยท added on 2018-10-12
Very Arthurian, much Saga.
The Cyberiad
by
Stanisลaw Lem
ยท published 1965
ยท added on 2018-10-16
The Darkness That Comes Before
by
R. Scott Bakker
ยท published 2003
ยท added on 2015-04-17
The Day of the Triffids
by
John Wyndham
ยท published 1951
ยท added on 2019-01-17
Also mentioned in Among Others. Dark & classic. Liked by Kathy and Tim.
The Dragon’s Path
by
Daniel Abraham
ยท published 2011
ยท added on 2020-07-26
Supersedes my previous reading list entry for Long Price Quartet because I listened to people talk about it. Thank you,
book discord. This one sounded better, as per,
ff.
The Dragonbone Chair
by
Tad Williams
ยท published 1988
ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Dying Earth
by
Jack Vance
ยท published 1950
ยท added on 2018-09-12
I really enjoyed Have Space SuitโWill Travel, and I
hope that this more well-known Heinlein book will be similarly good. (Better? More adult? We’ll see โฆ)
The Mote in God’s Eye
by
Larry Niven
ยท published 1974
ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Ninth Rain
by
Jen Williams
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2018-11-03
Fantasy, epic, “very good Wellsian concept of creepy alien invasion, older lesbian heroine, moral complexity, well
written”.
The Only Harmless Great Thing
by
Brooke Bolander
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2018-11-22
nebula, whimsical history patterning
The Prince and the Program (The Mordred Saga, #1)
by
Aldous Mercer
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2022-02-18
The Psychology of Time Travel
by
Kate Mascarenhas
ยท published 2018
ยท added on 2019-03-09
time travel possibly done well? Never going to give up hope.
The Rapture of the Nerds
by
Cory Doctorow
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2016-05-07
The Red Knight
by
Miles Cameron
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2017-11-15
The Road
by
Cormac McCarthy
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2018-09-30
The Sculpted Ship
by
K.M. O'Brien
ยท published 2016
ยท added on 2022-02-22
billed as competence porn
The Shadow of What Was Lost
by
James Islington
ยท published 2014
ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Snow Queen
by
Joan D. Vinge
ยท published 1980
ยท added on 2018-08-28
The Space Merchants
by
Frederik Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth
ยท published 1952
ยท added on 2020-08-13
The Stainless Steel Rat
by
Harry Harrison
ยท published 1961
ยท added on 2022-02-22
Always mentioned as competence porn on /r/printSF
The Straight Razor Cure
by
Daniel Polansky
ยท published 2011
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Swarm
by
Frank Schรคtzing
ยท published 2004
ยท added on 2016-12-01
The Tethered Mage
by
Melissa Caruso
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2019-11-15
David, I think? Fantasy, magical armies.
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic
by
Emily Croy Barker
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Thousand Names
by
Django Wexler
ยท published 2013
ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Time Machine
by
H.G. Wells
ยท published 1895
ยท added on 2018-09-03
by
Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
ยท published 1996
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Doomsday Machine
by
Daniel Ellsberg
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
by
David W. Anthony
ยท published 2007
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Hot Zone
by
Richard Preston
ยท published 1994
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by
Rebecca Skloot
ยท published 2010
ยท added on 2018-10-06
Nonfiction, history.
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World
by
Andrea Wulf
ยท published 2015
ยท added on 2018-08-19
The Left Hand of The Electron
by
Isaac Asimov
ยท published 1972
ยท added on 2021-02-17
The Luck Factor
by
Richard Wiseman
ยท published 2003
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by
Oliver Sacks
ยท published 1985
ยท added on 2016-05-18
The Master and his Emissary
by
Iain McGilchrist
ยท published 2009
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
by
Roger Williams
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Origins of Unfairness: Social Categories and Cultural Evolution
by
Cailin O'Connor
ยท published 2019
ยท added on 2020-02-18
Nonfiction. Recommended by David: “I’ve previously not-really-joked that you can’t understand gender until you’ve read Thomas Schelling’s book about the game theory of nuclear war, “The Strategy of Conflict”. That joke is now deprecated in favour of a recommendation to read this book.”
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by
Sebastian Junger
ยท published 1997
ยท added on 2017-11-21
The Rapture of the Nerds
by
Cory Doctorow
ยท published 2012
ยท added on 2016-05-07
The Shock of the Old
by
David Edgerton
ยท published 2006
ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Soul of a New Machine
by
Tracy Kidder
ยท published 1981
ยท added on 2018-08-26
The Strategy of Conflict
by
Thomas C. Schelling
ยท published 1960
ยท added on 2020-06-06
David recommends it regularly, and it featured on Scholar’s
Stage in an article on riots. Nonfiction.
The Woman Who Smashed Codes
by
Jason Fagone
ยท published 2017
ยท added on 2020-01-07
History, nonfiction.
Things That Make Us Smart
by
Donald A. Norman
ยท published 1993
ยท added on 2019-10-06