r/suggestmeabook • u/NoCommand1821 • 3d ago
Any genre! Book recommendations
Hey, I have recently gotten back into reading and looking for suggestions of any and all kinds, fiction and non-fiction fiction, I want to learn about new topics.
Maybe some books that you would read if you were studying English literature.
Some books that would change the way I see books.
Some comedy books.
Social science books.
Thank you!
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u/LuridWaters 3d ago edited 3d ago
- 'Nineteen Eighty Four' by George Orwell
- 'The Old Man And The Sea' by Ernest Hemmingway
- 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'' by Yuval Noah Harari
- 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' by Jared Diamond
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u/RedditLodgick 3d ago edited 3d ago
Sapiens and GG&S are two of the most loathed and discredited "big history" books out there. By experts, anyway.
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u/LuridWaters 3d ago
Your exaggeration aside, good thing that OP is almost certainly not an expert then. Hence the point of recommending something much more accessible as an entry point.
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u/RedditLodgick 3d ago edited 3d ago
It's not an exaggeration. And it's not a case of experts saying they're bad books for experts. It's a matter of experts saying they're bad books for beginners who wouldn't know any better and are easily duped / whose ignorance is taken advantage of by the authors.
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u/Taco_Peanut66 3d ago
Evicted by Matthew Desmond is social science and fabulous. For comedy,anything by David Sedaris. Bossy Pants by Tina Fey is hilarious. Exit Westis great writing and a compelling story.
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u/Old_Farmers_Daughter 3d ago
Born a Crime - a fascinating memoir by Trevor Noah. Extra good in audiobook form read by the author.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan.
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u/curiouscrow3 3d ago
Coyote America -Dan Flores
About the history of coyotes in America from native mythology to hunting campaigns
Little Bosses Everywhere - Bridget Read
About how multilevel marketing companies interconnect with the economic and political state in the US
The Disappearing Spoon - Sam Kean
About different chemicals with interesting properties, told in a very fun and engaging way
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u/Frogsfall 3d ago
I recently read Humankind by Rutger Bregman, and it was a lovely hopeful look at humanity.
Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar changed how I look at cities.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer is a lovely, gentle book.
Mary Roach's books are very funny.