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Ask HN: What are you reading?

467 points · 883 comments · dan-bailey

  1. creature_x · · focus · HN ↗
    Oh I've got some recs for you if you want meaty! I've been reading classics this year. It started with East of Eden; if you've got a philosophical leaning and appreciate your characters deeply fleshed out, you owe it to yourself to read this book.

    The next one was Lonesome Dove, this was my first time reading a western and I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did. The book is also absolutely hilarious and has one of my favorite characters in a book(shoutout to Gus).

    I'm currently reading The Count of Monte Cresto and, boy, it's turning out to be quite the epic tale of revenge(no spoilers please!).

    1. genghisjahn · · focus · HN ↗
      I like a good thick book but I could not finish Monte Cristo. After about the 40th character introduction I just had to put it down. The problem is me, not the book.
      1. JKCalhoun · · focus · HN ↗
        Do the audiobook then. That’s how I read it.
        1. mcv · · focus · HN ↗
          There was a great TV show on BBC recently. Not as detailed as the book perhaps, but really drove the point home very effectively.
          1. JKCalhoun · · focus · HN ↗
            Oh, yeah, the BBC/PBS (?) series was well done. Took a little license with the story, but, as you say, "drove the point home very effectively".
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