On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 4:20 AM Venkatesh H R via Silklist <
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> *3. Bryant & May mystery series.* Two old men, either in their 70s or
> 80s, investigate a series of crimes as part of the Peculiar Crimes Unit.
> For lovers of London and city lore. Though don't loo
Have added the Murderbot series to my list. It's honestly been ages since
someone has recommended a Sci-Fi series to me, takes me back to my teenage
years! In that spirit, here are some books to add to those by Thaths, Dave,
Ingrid, Christopher, Ameya, and Vinayak.
1. *Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe,
A little late to this thread
Books that I read in 2023 but not necessarily published this year or
the last couple of years
1. What can a body do - Sara Hendren - A book on design and the human
body. It talks about how the human body navigates the built world and
the surrounding history, science an
Murderbot is AMAZING
the 7th book just came out and I almost took a day off work to read it :D
They're mostly novellas so you'll breeze through them.
I also second Smoke and Ashes which I managed to disappear into while on
holiday in Goa, and is also one of the few non fiction books I've been abl
On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 9:26 PM Shoba Narayan via Silklist <
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> Thank you. To this list, I would add the below.
>
Thank you! I am so happy to see so many nature writing recommendations in
this list. In that vein I will reiterate my recommendation of 'Indica: A
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 9:26 AM Christopher A Kantarjiev via Silklist <
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> I've spent a lot of my year re-reading old favorites and new-to-me
> woodworking books. But one thing that crossed my eyes that I really
> enjoyed was "The Murderbot Diaries".
>
You would
I've spent a lot of my year re-reading old favorites and new-to-me
woodworking books. But one thing that crossed my eyes that I really
enjoyed was "The Murderbot Diaries".
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>2. Re: 2023 Silklist Book Recommendations Thread (Huda Masood)
>3. Re: 2023 Silklist Book Recommendations Thread (Dave Long)
>4. Re: 2023 Silklist Book Recommendations Thread (Ingrid Srinath)
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> On 19 Nov 2023, at 22:45, Thaths via Silklist
> wrote:
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> Hoi!
>
> It is that time of the year to revive the almost-annual Silklist tradition of
> sharing our book recommendations. I would love to hear your recommendations.
>
> The books I loved reading in 2023 are:
>
> 1. Mofussil
> 3. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov: A fantasy novel about the
> devil and his henchmen visiting Moscow during the Stalinist years.
I've read many frame stories* but The Master and Margarita is fairly unique in
having a fantastical frame story surrounding a hard realpolitik story w
Thaths,
As usual, your book recommendation emails evoke equal measure anticipation
and dread - my wallet feels so skinny afterwards but my soul so sated.
Thank you for these. I’ll definitely be reading the one on travel writing!
H.
On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 at 18:15, Thaths via Silklist <
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Hoi!
It is that time of the year to revive the almost-annual Silklist tradition
of sharing our book recommendations. I would love to hear your
recommendations.
The books I loved reading in 2023 are:
1. Mofussil Junction by Ian Jack; What a delight to read. Jack paints the
sights, sounds and smel
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