Any one of them.
Please.
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A short history of nearly everything - Bill Bryson
The Maxims of Ptahhotep. First book we know of & filled with practical advice.
The section dealing with domestic demons by applying crocodile urine to your underwear is worth living by.
What number maxim is that?
For Americans I think "slavery by another name" and "bury my heart at wounded knee" should be required reading.
Don't really know one book that everyone should read, maybe everyone should read more than one book
A Brief History of Time
Everyone? Idk. For most people though GTD is pretty high on my list.
The Count of Monte Christo, Fahrenheit 451, Neuromancer.
Count of Monte Christo imo isn't so great, or maybe I've read too many shorter riffs on the theme. I'd also plop 1984 before 451.
The Count of Monte Christo
i keep seeing this listed, but I saw the Wishbone episode of it when i was younger and i dont think i could take it as seriously and also already knowing the twist at the end
Give it a try. I was blown away by how good it is. I prefer the audiobook because it's so long.
The Bible. No just kidding, but reading the God Delusion is a pretty good way to get rid of wanting to read that one.
A short history of nearly everything. Snowcrash
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. For me, I think Russian literature is a must-read.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
A short read that makes you think about how you interact with the world. I’ve read it multiple times and always take something new from it.
Green Eggs and Ham.
To kill a mockingbird -Harper Lee
After reading it, I felt I had read and understood something important that remained with me. Not a difficult or long book, enjoyable and interesting.
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin.
Few other sci-fi books do as good a job of depicting how a gift/library economy could work like in practice. It's quite a hopeful vision of where we can collectively go in the future.
It also shows a realistic version of utopian hope. An eternal struggle for better
That reminds me that I really need to put more le guin into my book pile
Don Quixote
It's old but very readable and surprisingly funny. Even gets quite meta at points!
Goes off on some tangents at points (including some nested stories), but even these I found quite fun.
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