Official Book Recommendation Thread

On March 22 2013 13:05 2c0ntent wrote: Show nested quote + On March 21 2013 10:02 Mariuslol wrote: I read through derek siver's review of it, not sure if that counts, and I have it on a list of stuff to read xD LOL Marius for some reason I love you but you can't run around recommending books you've never read.. dude.

But I have a really good intuition when it comes to stuff, like, I predicted the internet would be huomoungous (I'm so lucky if I spelled that right lol) and wrote an essay about it when I was a kid. Teachers lolled and hinted I was a retard.

Hmm.. That might not really have much, if any correalation lol. Bude dude!! I'm sure it's great!!

this book is full of facts and history on economic policy, and how it's immensely affected the world.


a compilation of recent interviews/questions with noam chomsky.


a disturbing look at how the mass media in america has manufactured the 'consent' of their public. Failing reading the book, you can watch the movie.


havn't read all of this yet, it's quite long. Failing reading this you can read a very good Excerpt from the book here. http://www.chomsky.info/books/power01

the claimed facts in the books above have an extensive list of footnotes at the end of the book.

will give it a read...

but i'm 99.99% sure free trade, laissez-faire government or capitalism is the most efficient economic/government policy

If you enjoy feeling depressed and you're forever alone, this is a good read. (just white nights. The story is only 60pages~)

One of the best science fiction books of all time. If you are going to read ONE sf novel, let this be the one.

yeah enders game is pretty cool. They are making it into a really bad movie

How about some fiction recommendations?

Some sweet Dick-fiction Fun fact: the cover picture has exactly nothing to do with the story and is hilariously telling on "SF PR work" back then lol.

Anything from bukowski

First they killed my father
story about events happening in Cambodia 1976-1980 by eyes of a little girl. 2million people were killed by Cambodian communists, wearing glasses got you in the first row of hammer to the head.


The Alchemist
Just an amazing fairy-tale like book about a farmer boy looking for treasure.

Think the majority of LP dislikes the Alchemist for it's blanket advice

yap the alchemist seems pure shallowness to me, its fundamentals i totally agree with however

can someone recommend some Fantasy ? Perhaps something GoT style ( not Wheel of Time please i dont feel like reading 14? books + not finished by the same author ) or something like Discworld by Pratchet ( I enjoyed first two books about Rincewind but the 3rd one kind of bores me + its not written in the same satirical style like the previous two ) or something like The Hunger Games

Started reading too many sociological/philosophical books lately + Chomsky which comes a bit too heavy mentally to be reading before sleep

On May 31 2013 17:12 Spitfiree wrote: yap the alchemist seems pure shallowness to me, its fundamentals i totally agree with however can someone recommend some Fantasy ? Perhaps something GoT style ( not Wheel of Time please i dont feel like reading 14? books + not finished by the same author ) or something like Discworld by Pratchet ( I enjoyed first two books about Rincewind but the 3rd one kind of bores me + its not written in the same satirical style like the previous two ) or something like The Hunger Games Started reading too many sociological/philosophical books lately + Chomsky which comes a bit too heavy mentally to be reading before sleep

Try Brandon Sanderson (is the one finishing wheel of time ) or Malazan book of the fallen (long series, like 10 books i think)

And maybe



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Both by Gene Wolfe, im reading The Knight, so far looks interesting

Malazan book of the fallen, start with book 2. The writing style is hard to get used to but many people rate it higher than game of thrones.

Why book 2?

On June 02 2013 14:46 TheHuHu3 wrote: Why book 2?

the first book is the weakest of the series and if your not used to his writing style its very hard to follow.

http://www.amazon.com/Ship-It-Holla-Ballas-19-Year-Old/dp/1250006651

Its about good2cu, Raptor and some mid-aged guys that started up the SNG forum on 2+2. Pretty sure a good marketing on this book might attract more fish as its all about how some kids went crazy robusto in a matter of days

good book for the racists on lp.



good book for the people interested in tribal societies on lp.

Can anyone recommend me good books on the history of ancient greece and ancient rome? I'm interested in the way people lived back then, war, poltics, gay sex, slavery, marriage, religion, significant events- important people like cicero or alexander. anything that covers that stuff.

Reviving this thread cause this book is something absolutely everyone should read. Then you should buy a copy for everyone you know, and they should buy a copy for everyone they know after that:



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...hy-we-sleep?ac=1&from_search=true

Every single claim is backed by thorough research and tests. The tone of the book is extremely precise, Walker is making sure he doesn't overstep even slightly in way possible due to the fragile nature of the topic perceived by Western society. It's a fairly short book (350 pages) but it took me more than a month to finish as I think my subconsciousness simply pushed me away from it, even if it was a quite interesting read. The facts presented there are frightening, to say the least (for me and what used to be my lifestyle anyway, but i'm fairly certain it would be the same for a lot of people here and in western societies in whole).

If you are super lazy and dont like reading I suggest you watch all of his TED talks, except he only presents around 30% of the facts from the books there and doesn't really go that in-depth due to the time limitation.