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Alex Davis has 13 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading Hum by Helen Phillips, Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer, and Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

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Also to my fellow readers, two apps that I love: https://literal.club and https://read.readwise.io/ – I find a lot of new books in Literal and do most of my reading in Readwise.

I really want to re-read Ágota Kristóf's The Notebook Trilogy this year. Looking at your goodreads, you might like it too. 

Plenty to already like in your 'to-read' list as well!

Been really pushing myself to read more the past couple years. Starting 2024 off with The Road by Cormac McCarthy (finished already), and A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

What are some books y'all are reading / would recommend for 2025?

A good read I had previous was “The Plague” by Albert Camus

OMG I love everything St. John Mandel writes, she’s amazing. I read sea of tranquility when it came out and ahhhhh

I loved The Road! If you liked the (pretty anxiety-inducing) vibe, I can recommend parable of the sower / parable of the talents which I read last year.

Station Eleven might be my favourite book ever. I also watched the show last year and recommend that, the story goes in a different direction here and there!

I have not, but I will throw it in my Goodreads list. I just finished a bunch of science and philosophy so I’m super interested in something fiction! Thanks!

Those first two are definitely top of the top of the best books I’ve ever read

Yay! You can do it 💪🏼 I managed 48 books last year! I mean most of them were not super long (To Paradise is *long*, read that in 2023 or 2022..) but still very satisfying 🤍

Adding to my list! I’m already part way through three books (oof) but I’m determined to get through em all this year

Yeah I loved all the little “Easter Eggs” in sea of tranquility that reference characters from her past novels. It was a really beautiful novel! There’s been mixed reviews about it but have you read “To Paradise” by Hanya Yanagihara? The third part reminded me a lot of SoT..

Sea of Tranquility was excellent. I personally liked that one better than Station Eleven, but both were great. Hoping for more from her.

Nice! Great job! We read some of the same books (Station Eleven, Annihilation).

@jpenico hmm, how about 'The Dispossessed' by Ursula K. Le Guin

Lol just realized I said 2024, meant 2025 😳

Here’s what I’ve read over the past couple years https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/91450952?shelf=read&sort=date_read&order=d

American Prometheus, Barbarian Days, Our Band Could Be Your Life, All The Pretty Horses, Carnaval of Snackery

Right now I’m reading “The Black Expedience in Design”, it’s not what I expected as a read so far but it’s interesting and informative.

Read 14 books last year and aiming for 20 this year! Recommending pretty much all of it, lol    
  
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@averyillson I read 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus last year, have you read that one?

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