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-skian-
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I hope some of you degens read, post your favourite books or ones you think others will like. Shōgun by James Clavell is my alltime favourite, followed closely by Winter World by Bernd Heinrich. Lets hear some book love out heare
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oldmanski
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Currently reading "To Live is to Die" by Joel McIver. Its a biography about Cliff Burton from Metallica.
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weatherRyan
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oldmanskiCurrently reading "To Live is to Die" by Joel McIver. Its a biography about Cliff Burton from Metallica.


Sounds fire, Cliff Burton the goat of metallica
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je_t.aime_canard
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L'étranger - Albert Camus
La Peste - Albert Camus
Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
Overthrow - Stephen Kinzer (about American imperialism)
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
Freakanomics - Steven D. Levitt

some of my 5* ratings on goodreads of last year
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SuperiorKalmar
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I only read during vacations.

Nordic noir is what I read when I want something that doesn't require too much thinking.

Lately I have been reading Psychology/philosophy/self-help/pop-science books in english to pratise english.

I should read more thought provoking fiction. Open for recommendations.

Also have some Gogol and Nietzsche in my shelf that I haven't read yet.
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DraculaFlow
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I am still working my way through the Kerouac "Duluoz Legend." Its been about 10yrs of on and off reading but I should have 3 more, Subterrans, Tristessa, and Satori in Paris. Fun writer but man his shit is depressing unlike how people think it is on face value.
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Thegenericskier
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I’m about a quarter of the way through god emperor of dune right now
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Sharqueef_steez
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Captain underpants
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cyphers
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about to finish grapes of wrath somehow never got assigned when i was in grade school. that book is getting scary relevant these days
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BCSkiingRMNP
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Some awesome mentions in here already!

What I have read so far this year:
- Up Close and All In by John Mack. Memoir by the former CEO of Morgan Stanley (probably won't be interesting to most)
- Outlived by Bill Gifford and Peter Attia. Essentially a deep dive into the data of quality of life.
- Currently reading In Defense of Partisanship by Julian E. Zelizer who argues that an improved two-party system is still the best path forward.

Outside of books the following papers have been super interesting for more tech focused people:
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07858v1
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11401
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06209
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Evancantspin
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Just had to read the kite runner for school and usually I hate the school books and just use spark notes because they’re boring, but I read it in like 4 days it was verry good
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VTshredder69
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EvancantspinJust had to read the kite runner for school and usually I hate the school books and just use spark notes because they’re boring, but I read it in like 4 days it was verry good


That book was wild. Great read though.


All Quiet on the Western Front is a good one and an easy read.
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nmwninjart
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-skian-I hope some of you degens read, post your favourite books or ones you think others will like. Shōgun by James Clavell is my alltime favourite, followed closely by Winter World by Bernd Heinrich. Lets hear some book love out heare

Shogun is on my list of books to read
EvancantspinJust had to read the kite runner for school and usually I hate the school books and just use spark notes because they’re boring, but I read it in like 4 days it was verry good

The movie is good too.
I had to read Alicia My story in high school and it was so good I had to buy a copy for myself.

I am currently on book 3 ( Eyes of Prey )of the Prey Series by John Sanford. I spent all of last summer going to garage sales, thrift stores, ebay and bought the 30 some books of this series. He's 81 and is about to release book 35.
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theabortionator
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Any good audiobooks reca? Preferably with a voice that doesn't make you choose violence
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HumanGenius
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theabortionatorAny good audiobooks reca? Preferably with a voice that doesn't make you choose violence

The Martian by Andy Weir has a great audiobook. Also the game of thrones song of ice and fire series is great in audio because it’s dense but on long drives (or in your case a cat shift) you can really get lost in the story
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theabortionator
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HumanGeniusThe Martian by Andy Weir has a great audiobook. Also the game of thrones song of ice and fire series is great in audio because it’s dense but on long drives (or in your case a cat shift) you can really get lost in the story


Word thanks!

Obviously have burned through more music than any human should but I run out of podcasts even sometimes. Trying to get back into audiobooks. Also nice cause I'm slightly dyslexic and easier to hear books thans read them
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-skian-
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theabortionatorWord thanks!

Obviously have burned through more music than any human should but I run out of podcasts even sometimes. Trying to get back into audiobooks. Also nice cause I'm slightly dyslexic and easier to hear books thans read them

I know the feeling. I like to listen to music by the album, so I have a spotify playlist I just dump whole albums into, regardless of if I am into the genre or not, I will listen to anything. Ever heard of John cages prepared piano sonatas? That is an example of just trying anything in the cat. Tough album to get through, here is track 1: https://open.spotify.com/track/4XF9j1gJngK8zSlV6K2qPj?si=EJR87KUCSXOkwJjscJSwwQ Some pretty bad poetry in there too. Anyway, it is over 60̷0̷ hours long at this point, coming up to 10̷,0̷0̷0̷ songs. It was not added to for a year cause spotify used to limit song downloads. If anyone wants a wild ride, here is the playlist link. Shuffle can be life changing at times. It also expands frequently. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Z0JVsTK0mKZDTZhvzdrEg?si=J1SxidoOR1WXKePsiKApSQ

Unfortunately to your question I am not an audiobook guy, just pods and music in the cat for me so I am no help. Also a bit dyslexic... we gotta meet up some day.
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theabortionator
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-skian-I know the feeling. I like to listen to music by the album, so I have a spotify playlist I just dump whole albums into, regardless of if I am into the genre or not, I will listen to anything. Ever heard of John cages prepared piano sonatas? That is an example of just trying anything in the cat. Tough album to get through, here is track 1: https://open.spotify.com/track/4XF9j1gJngK8zSlV6K2qPj?si=EJR87KUCSXOkwJjscJSwwQ Some pretty bad poetry in there too. Anyway, it is over 60̷0̷ hours long at this point, coming up to 10̷,0̷0̷0̷ songs. It was not added to for a year cause spotify used to limit song downloads. If anyone wants a wild ride, here is the playlist link. Shuffle can be life changing at times. It also expands frequently. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Z0JVsTK0mKZDTZhvzdrEg?si=J1SxidoOR1WXKePsiKApSQ

Unfortunately to your question I am not an audiobook guy, just pods and music in the cat for me so I am no help. Also a bit dyslexic... we gotta meet up some day.


I also love music and podcast recs. I'm def a lil fussy though
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SendyMcSendyface
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A Sand County Almanac is probably my favorite book, I usually read it once a year. Also a big fan of Le Carre novels. Currently reading this, it's much less dry than I expected.


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CrustLord
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-skian-I hope some of you degens read, post your favourite books or ones you think others will like. Shōgun by James Clavell is my alltime favourite, followed closely by Winter World by Bernd Heinrich. Lets hear some book love out heare


Reading is for narc ski patrollers and racers. Get me a mf coloring book and some crayons or I’m out.
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2YearParmesan
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If you're into river stuff I highly recommend: The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko

kinda history, adventure, engineering all rolled into one cool story.

ETA: the audiobook for this is also a great listen

**This post was edited on Feb 26th 2025 at 2:39:43pm
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Eli.braun98
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Strung Out by Erin Khar - Tweak by Nic Sheff - The Push by Tommy Caldwell - The Heroin Diaries - Touching the Void - The Molecule of More

Both reading and journaling suck but I find that when I force myself to read and journal daily I feel so much more mentally clear. I have been trying to journal and read every night for about a year and a half now and it has definitely helped me.

**This post was edited on Mar 2nd 2025 at 10:32:55pm
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