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212 sats \ 42 comments \ @grayruby 20 Mar BooksAndArticles

Here are some random books I stored in my parent’s basement 3 years ago when I moved from the city and never picked up. I am reorganizing them along with some other stuff today. Better late than never.

Choose your champion and why. Zaps for all responses.

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117 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 20 Mar

You cannot go wrong with Leonard, just one of the best writers of crime novels ever. Rum Punch is my favorite of the ones here, and it was the source material for the movie Jackie Brown.

Big fan of a lot of the books here, though. Lots of good reading material (though Ulysses isn't exactly airplane reading).

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

I don’t really read fiction anymore but when I did I loved Elmore Leonard. Always fun and easy to read.

139 sats \ 2 replies \ @j7hB75 20 Mar

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

This brings back so much nostalgia. Fantastic book that really opened my mind up at a young age. I remember my 10th grade programming instructor giving it to me. At the time, he was trying to help guide and mentor me into fulfilling my aspirations of going to M.I.T.

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Mar

That's so funny, I also referred to it as "nostalgic". Maybe that's the vibe Hawking was shooting for.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

It’s amazing.

121 sats \ 1 reply \ @Meani123 20 Mar

I'd go with A brief History of Time. Stephen Hawking was unbelievably smart so that would be interesting for me to read.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

Great pick.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @teresa969 20 Mar

Hello. I choose The Intelligent investor. I have made so many mistakes investing so maybe I would learn something from it. All books seem very interesting by the way. You have good taste

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

It’s good but a tough read.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 20 Mar

Influence is good. I recommend it often.

55 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

Yes great book. Did you read Pre-Suasion as well?

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20 Mar

Yep, enjoyed that one too.

100 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

From the looks of it you read more of Ulysses than me. As for the champion, I have to go with Adam Smith. Without that book, a lot of the others in the pile would never have been written.

36 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

Wealth of Nations is such an important book but it’s a tough read. I think it took me 2 years to read that book.

40 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 21 Mar

I have been trying to read Ulysses for 40 years.

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

I read it many years ago. I bought it after I read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. I didn't really like it. I might have skipped chunks of it. Hard to recall.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 21 Mar

I liked a Portrait Of An Artist. More my speed. Short, easy read.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

Agreed.

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

Alice in Wonderland, because of the easter egg in https://stacker.news/alice-in-wonderland

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @plebpoet 20 Mar

I'll take the fourth turning for 400

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 20 Mar

a concept for understanding culture that maps pretty well, an idea that's flexible enough but goes very deep, you could spend a lifetime scoping it

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

Nice choice.

100 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Mar

A Brief History of Time is the most nostalgic one for me. I started trying to read my dad's copy when I was seven. It took me approximately another seven years to finish. I was so captivated by the diagrams, but obviously the concepts were way beyond me.

Did you read The Fourth Turning?

22 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

Yes I read the fourth turning.

A brief history of time is great.

40 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Mar

I feel like I talk about the fourth turning more than you and I've never read it.

22 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 20 Mar

You should read it.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 21 Mar

So I'll finally shut up about it?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

It’s good. I actually think the framework of cyclical generations is pretty good. I don’t know how predictive it is but it’s interesting.

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @TresDMan 21 Mar

Without having read it yet, Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield." He's a master storyteller. Great Expectations is still one of my favorite books and I read that all on my phone (not the worst way to read a book, but it's up there) when I used to live in San Fran and relied on public transportation to move around. Lots of waiting for the bus/train to arrive, or waiting to arrive at my location, opened up lots of time to read.

80 sats \ 1 reply \ @02a9a61fdc 21 Mar

Robinson Crusoe. I read it as a kid and re-read it maybe a dozen times over the years.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

First person to choose that one. I read that when I was young as well. Good one.

80 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 21 Mar

I enjoyed a bunch of these. Sam Walton, Made in America was a great, interesting story. David Copperfield was one that really stuck with me.

Maybe I'll have to read A Brief History of Time. I've heard about it a lot.

34 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

You should read it.

60 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 21 Mar

The Art of War. Can't go wrong with ancient Chinese wisdom.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

Great choice

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 21 Mar

A brief history of time is a great example of a book I got as a gift but never read!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

You should read it. Hawking does an amazing job making astrophysics digestible.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 21 Mar

Alright then!

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 21 Mar

I feel obliged to pick Graham given that I've written and posted about the book in ~BooksAndArticles (#851506)...

BUT The Richest Man in Babylon — man, I loooooved that one in my teens. (My mentor gave me a copy on my high school graduation day!)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Mar

I think I have read Richest Man in Babylon three times.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @kurszusz 21 Mar

My choice is Robinson Crusoe. Some months ago I started to read books for teenagers to my son. When I was 14-15 years old, I read this book, and it was like "I will never stop until I finish reading it". My son also like adventures, so it could be a great reading to him! You gave me a very good idea, thank you!

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 21 Mar

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

It’s amazing how timeless his strategies are