Molly Whiteinspired by some conversation on the birdsite about crypto people who dislike books (https://nitter.net/molly0xFFF/status/1596969224089391105)
and the subsequent, lovely reminder that a lot of the people who follow me are voracious readers
publictorsten@molly0xfff To be fair: Those Miami nightclubs are not an ideal environment to read. https://www.ft.com/content/68ca53f4-50e1-4607-8b05-a8801d8b1cb5
bigblen@molly0xfff Currently reading "Cultural Amnesia" by Clive James. A collectin of essays each built around a person and a quote from their writing.
Very interesting, also liking the writing style.
Luqman@molly0xfff recently finished A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib and would recommend
eoinmac@molly0xfff Loba Negra, by Juan Gómez-Jurado. And it’s very good. But what I recommend, cos I’ve been recommending ‘em for a couple of years now and still haven’t changed my mind, is the Murderbot books by Martha Wells. Bloody class.
DondarfSnowbonk@molly0xfff Like many crypto investors, I am impulsive and have an attention deficit, so I don't read many books anymore. :( Most of my reading these days is online.
Tim Reed@molly0xfff What are books if not "long-form"?
Mike diamond philips@molly0xfff I feel like I am perpetually rereading this, and I’d recommend any of her books or collections
Oren Levine@molly0xfff some great recommendations here! Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club books (three so far) are a delight: clever update of the genre with a collection of fascinating oddball characters https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46000520-the-thursday-murder-club
@molly0xfff and on a serious note: The Dawn Of Everything is a mind-blowing re-evaluation of human history - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Everything#:~:text=The%20Dawn%20of%20Everything%3A%20A,an%20imprint%20of%20Penguin%20Books).
Benjamin Johns@molly0xfff Weird how people so into trustless systems would reject books (where trust in the arguments is built with evidence and explorations of counterexamples) in favor of short form essays and podcasts (where arguments live and die based on The Vibes).
Currently finishing Termination Shock before I pick up Devil House.
Tony Ropson@molly0xfff there are really good books on financial fraud that maybe if a few people in the cryptocurrency space had read 😉
@molly0xfff Lying for Money by Dan Davies is a really good one (comes patio11 approved)
tiago@molly0xfff Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
geekgirl 
@molly0xfff hey @phocks this is def one for u to make some recomms
Joshua Byrd@geekgirl @molly0xfff My top 5 this year have been:
1. The Disaster Artist
2. This is Your Mind on Plants
3. The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
4. Regenesis by George Monbiot
5. The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
1. The Disaster Artist
2. This is Your Mind on Plants
3. The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
4. Regenesis by George Monbiot
5. The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
@phocks @molly0xfff great #book list. Thanks phocks you must have already read more than 50 this year? Impressive.
@geekgirl @molly0xfff 46 books so far. the end is near!
ocdtrekkie@molly0xfff I read random stuff on NetGalley because it's free, it has a deadine that forces me to get through it, and I feel like I'm doing something useful in the end.
@ocdtrekkie this is cool, I'd never heard of it before
@molly0xfff Enjoy! My only advice is to not over-request, because it gives you a score based on what percentage of books you provide feedback on that you were given, and some publishers may base approvals on it. (Other publishers do not require any approval to review their books though, and can be read instantly.)
Erik MoellerCurrently reading "The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens" by Philip Ball. It's interesting enough, I'll probably land around 3.5 stars when I review it - Ball introduces a few different ways to think about the idea of "mindedness" which I may return to.
Ricardo Miguel Silva@molly0xfff If you haven't read it already, Ted Chiang's Exhalation is incredible.
Fabian@Onyros @molly0xfff only two stories in, but can already recommend!
Ringtail - Ptolus Arc@molly0xfff The Laundry Files series by Charles Stross. Bureaucracy, spycraft, IT, and necromancy in one witty package.
Angie is drawing@molly0xfff I read Piranisi by Susanna Clarke in a single sitting. Needless to say, yes I recommend it.
@angelaguyton @molly0xfff that’s next on my list. Excellent!
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Derick Rethans@molly0xfff Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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Morten Linderud@molly0xfff Been reading through The Expanse series, and very much recommend it.
Currently reading The Peripheral from William Gibson and finding it enjoyable. A bit more of a slog compared to The Expanse though.
Nastypouch@Foxboron I'm a huge fan of The Expanse, and if you're willing to dip into less hard sci-fi, I cannot recommend Iain M. Banks's "Culture" series strongly enough.
Alan (he/him)@molly0xfff
Fiction: "Walkaway" by @pluralistic (had it a while, just started it)
Nonfiction: "Sexual Revolution" by Laurie Penny. Been reading it slowly for a while. Takes me time to digest and think about.
Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.@molly0xfff I have have Karen Levy’s “Data Driven” 1️⃣ and Heather Ford’s “Writing the Revolution” 2️⃣ queued up for December.
1️⃣ https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691175300/data-driven
2️⃣ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046299/writing-the-revolution/
@bkeegan thanks for the tip on "writing the revolution", i didn't know she was writing a book! definitely adding that to the list
RobThe oldest book in the world. A pretty good early attempt for mankind.
The Epic Of Gilgamesh.
Roc 
@molly0xfff n.k. jemisin, she is so good
Pax Ahimsa Gethen 🏳️⚧️@roc @molly0xfff Agreed. I positively devoured the Broken Earth series.
Sean Gilleran@molly0xfff I’ve been thinking a lot about this book lately—seems especially applicable to discussions about the Fediverse as a workable alternative to big, centralized social media platforms. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12590/transparent-designs
MacCruiskeen@molly0xfff Not reading yet, but planning to pick up a copy tomorrow, Kristina Gaddy's Well of Souls, a new history of the banjo. Includes apparently a lot of new research into the early colonial history.
Eric Neustadter (e)@molly0xfff just finished TRACERS IN THE DARK, now reading FLIGHT RISK. They’re both excellent.
yuvipanda@molly0xfff I am slowly making my way through ‘the body keeps the score’. Extremely highly recommend!
Charles Wolf Music 🎵Most recent book I read was Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Gunslinger. I have the sequel already, looking forward to getting into it!
I also recommend Blake Crouch's Recursion if you like time-travel thriller sci-fi books. It reads like a breeze and the scaling of intensity is breaktaking. 10/10
Tim Bray@molly0xfff Ulysses Grant's Civil War memoir. Since I'm nearly completely ignorant of US history, it's very eye opening and he's a great writer. Before that, Orlam by PJ Harvey which is … not like that at all.
@molly0xfff After coming across this post earlier today, I just ordered another copy of Soul Of A New Machine to read for the third time: https://mas.to/@dorianlistens@hachyderm.io/109417208583468070
dorianlistens (@[email protected])
Just finished reading “The Soul of a New Machine” after watching one-too-many @[email protected] talks, ahhhnnnnnnd… wow! Quite the journey, equal parts inspiring and tragic! The description of obsession in all its forms resonated very deeply, and I think my main takeaway is “be careful what you sign up for.” Also: I guess I’m at the point in my life/career where non-fiction books about engineering management can be “thrilling”. 🤓#SoulOfANewMachine
Jami 
@molly0xfff I just finished "The Trauma Cleaner" by Sarah Krasnostein. It was a little out of my usual genres but it turned out to be one of the best biographies I have ever read.
thedoh 🇨🇦@molly0xfff I'm reading The #Silmarillion (audiobook) and it's just as I remember: extremely dense with backstory for Tolkien's world.
I think it's probably better in print. If you're into Lord of the Rings, I'd recommend it.
Nico@molly0xfff My next book will be "Seeing Like a State" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20186.Seeing_Like_a_State
Daniel Andrlik@molly0xfff Leech by Hiron Ennes! A post-apocalyptic gothic tale of suspense and parasites!
Mike Bifulco@molly0xfff I've been working my way through Build by Tony Fadell. It's very opinionated, and though I certainly don't agree with everything the author proposes - I'm genuinely enjoying it so far.
Aaron Williamson 🍄@molly0xfff Holy Shit :A Brief History of Swearing, by Melissa Mohr. I’m only in the first chapter, comparing Romans’ ideas of what was insulting or obscene to modern English speakers’, but so far it’s fascinating (a word I’ve learned from the book comes from little phallic charms that free born boys wore to ward off unwanted sexual attention from older men).
Stefan@molly0xfff I just read Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin. Amazing well written and paced.
@molly0xfff I can recommend The Fate of Rome from Kyle Harper, which combines many factors that contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire: disease, climate change, geopolitics, and even a bit of currency manipulation.
Jesse Atkinson@molly0xfff I’ve read more this year than any other year in my life. The most impactful book that has stuck with me is Killers of the Flower Moon. It’s 320 pages and riveting as hell and (sadly) a real story about America’s past. Scorsese is making it into a movie releasing early next year.
Ian Robinson@molly0xfff Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement by James Vincent. Close to finishing it. It’s superb. I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Ruggledome@molly0xfff The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander, Activism within the Courts by Virginia L. Summery
crows and pawns@molly0xfff Currently reading "Against the Day" by Thomas #Pynchon
Also "ADHD 2.0"