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Hello everyone, I hope you are doing fine.

I am posting here hoping to get some ideas of what to read. Let me be more specific:

I don't read much, perhaps one book per year. That is something I am trying to change.

I remember reading 1984 in the past and finishing it in few hours, it got me hooked. I have Fahrenheit 451 also in my list.

During this summer, I have read a couple of books about geopolitics (around 300 pages), because it is a topic that interests me. But many times I read late at night, and the content takes some effort to actually follow and understand.

So, my intention is to find something lighter in complexity, more fantastic. Perhaps war novel. I am also interested in chess, programming, nature, photography or history.

Any suggestion is welcome, thanks for your time!

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

If you like sci fi the expanse series is good, I am enjoying it immensely, relatively simple vocab and generally pretty fun

Silo series is good as well and shorter at 3 books

If long form is too much of a commitment short stories are always an option.

The stuff they recommend on like 8th grade reading lists tends to be pretty good as well, stuff like the giver, brave new world, hatchet, etc.