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Alan Lightman's book Einstein's Dreams. It uses stories to explore how time moves, or could move if the laws of the Universe were different.

Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera is one of the most different stories I've read. Just so much different about it that it's hard to even describe. Plus a twist end that actually had me going "no fuckin way" out loud.

This might be stretching the definition of "read" but I love skimming the Voynich Manuscript every once in a while. It reminds me of Tolkien's Tengwar

I once saw in a book store a book called conversations with god 2 or something like that, I picked up thinking let's see what kind of bullshit is in here, I read a random page and I thought, hey that wasn't bad let's see another page, oh this seems good. Then I bought it.

The book was a dialogue between the author and god, what surprised me the most is that it never felt religious and covered concepts I've seen on many other places decades later.

I ended liking the trilogy, and it played a big role on shaping my current beliefs (an odd mix of mostly atheism with a bit of faith on something that is actually irrelevant). I avoided looking the author up just in case he ended up creating a cult or something.

Library at Mount Char is bonkers. I loved it. It made me realize I like stories that dare to go big.

I like "life at reset" series. Basically guy is playing mmo and on top of leader boards. He gets betrayed by his "friend" ends up as a goblin and can't log out. Through the books explores concepts like rights of a true Ai, dealing with emotions of betrayal, advancements in technology, sacrifice for family, purpose of your life and more. It's 6 books so not a quick read but interesting and thought provoking.

It was unique and different, and a nightmare to read: Dhalgren

Aware by Anthony De Mello stands out as a book that's not quite written like a book.

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Edit: This is the fourth time I've seen this exact post.