Wefail
Please give me some new book recommendations. I'm just finishing The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert. It's been a brilliant book but obviously a very depressing read. I tend to read nonfiction more than fiction for some reason but if its incredibly good fiction I do get hooked. The Wall, by John Lanchester being the last one I can remember loving.
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Show threadRichard LittlerNov 9, 2022
@wefail How about fiction that reads like non-fiction? WG Sebald.
Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@Richard_Littler Yes! What should I read first?
Show threadRichard LittlerNov 9, 2022
@wefail Rings of Saturn is his most famous, I suppose, but I think his last is the best: Austerlitz
Show threadBen CurthoysNov 9, 2022
@Richard_Littler @wefail if you like the Sebald, you should try some Jessie Greengrass.
Show threadBen CurthoysNov 9, 2022
@Richard_Littler @wefail Sight was most frequently compared to Sebald (and Cusk) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/21/sight-jessie-greengrass-review - The High House is more 'novelly'.
Sight by Jessie Greengrass review – a stunning debut novel about minds and bodies

This poised meditation on medicine, pregnancy and parenthood considers what we can know of our bodies, our selves and of others

The Guardian
Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@Richard_Littler Thank you! I will start on Austerlitz.
Show threadUrbanChaosNov 9, 2022

@wefail Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall #Kimmerer.
💯Best book I've read in years. And refreshingly not depressing!

It complicates the story of humanities role on earth, merges scientific and indigenous worldviews and has honestly changed the way I view the world and the crises around us

Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@urbanchaos Thank you! Added to my list.❤️
Show threadMamTorNov 9, 2022
@wefail Have you ever read The Grass Arena by John Healy? I recently bought a first edition as a gift to myself for being great lol.
Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@MamTor No I've not, looks like it gets great reviews. I will give it a read, ta!
Show threadMamTorNov 9, 2022
@wefail I think there's a documentary on Netflix or Prime about him, but I can't remember the name. How helpful and I? I'm like a half-assed Google.
Show threadMamTorNov 9, 2022
@wefail https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81467003?preventIntent=true
Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@MamTor Ooh that sounds great, might watch it tonight. Ta!
Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@MamTor Hahaha, "it's something Green or something. Might be imagining it actually."
Show threadAndyNov 9, 2022
@wefail The Club On The Edge Of Town https://www.slunglow.org/theclubontheedgeoftown/
Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@ely_peddler Thanks Andy, sounds very interesting. Will give it a read.❤️
Show threadNeill MorrisonNov 9, 2022
@wefail have you read The Gallows Pole. Nice bit of historical fiction about the Cragg Vale Coiners.
Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@neill_morrison Oh thanks for this, I've been told to read this before and it slipped by me. Will give it a go.
Show threadGary LakeNov 9, 2022

@wefail Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time and sequel Children of Ruin (the second especially good if you enjoyed My Octopus Teacher 😉)

Genuinely original and fascinating non-dorky science fiction that stays with you for ever. Part three is out end of the month.

Show threadWefailNov 9, 2022
@garylake Ooh ta! I'll check them out❤️
Show threadMike BathoNov 9, 2022

@wefail Have you ever read any of Guy Delisle's travelogues? The Burma & Korea ones in particular are brilliant.

Box of frogs, that North Korea.

Show threadWefailNov 10, 2022
@BathoMike Just had a look and they sound great, will read. Ta!
Show threadMike BathoNov 10, 2022
@wefail Really funny and interesting. He's an animator and his wife works for medics sans frontieres so they've travelled all over the shop.
Show threadJames koppert CFCNov 10, 2022
@wefail starveacre by Andrew Michael Hurley. Folk horror at it's finest
Show threadWefailNov 10, 2022
@JamesKoppert Thanks James, just reading the reviews and it sounds like my kind of book.