I read some free kindle books back in the day, that probably only a few thousand other people have read, so very plausibly no one on Lemmy has ready.
So, what books have you enjoyed that you feel confident no one else on Lemmy has read?
Momo by Michael Ende. He also wrote The Neverending Story. Where The Neverending Story is about imagination, Momo is about listening and time.
Wow. A friend of mine recently recommended that book to me. Interesting to find it mentioned here
After Man by Dougal Dixion.
It’s a book about speculative biology. It hypothesizes that humanity will lead to the extinction of most of the animals we know. After that new animals will evolve to take their place. The book speculates that rabbits will take the place of deer, and that rats will evolve into dog like animals .
The best part about the book is that there are great illustrations.
To my knowledge it’s not a very well known book, just because speculative biology is a very niche subject.
Have you ever checked out Alltomorrows by Nemo Ramjet? It’s got some of the best illustrations and stories in the speculative evolution genre.
I am talking out of my butt here, but I read a related book, “Man After Man”, by the same author, when I was a kid, and it stuck with me, so many years later when Amazon became a thing, I tried to find it and his other books. I wound up in a rabbit hole of Google that suggested that he does some of the art and was discredited for it? At least. I think I remember something like that. Man After Man was trippy though.
Edit: Googled a bit, can’t find reference to this now. Maybe I’m wrong? It could happen, in theory.
Any translation of “The Divine Comedy” should be atleast interesting! Possibly the best feat of poetry of our time.
Back when I was an edgy teen, the saga of Darren Shan and the adjacent content of the Demonata were good as far as I can remember. I don’t know if it will hold up for a more mature audience despite that being the demographic.
A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett… No, seriously.
He has the reputation as “the patron saint of drunken uncle beach bums”, but if you dig into his earlier catalogue, its rife with beautiful, lyrical storytelling songcraft. When you consider that, itss no suprise that he can write a decent book.
Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature by C C Bombaugh, one of my favourite reads, feels like it might be an obscure book.
Since no one doesn’t seem to be meant literally, 13 1/2 Leben des Kapitän Blaubär (13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear). It’s a very humourous and arguably pretty absurd fantasy story, one of a handful of books I’ve actually read twice. Unfortunately I can’t really say much about the English translation but if that’s decent it should be very enjoyable to read.
Alles in Lot auf dem Boot?
The Fionavar tapestry. Guy Gaverial Kay. Never had a writer influence my life more.
Project Itoh Genocidal Organ. Modern Sci-fi book of post 9/11 world where a bunch of genocides take place in third world countries at an unprecedented pace. Also has something called alpha consumers who are people who research where every part of their food or product comes from (not part of the plot but thought it was cool). After playing Metal Gear Rising it has very similar themes
It looks like it got a movie adaptation, so looks like it’s pretty popular. But sounds cool regardless!
Curse of the Reaper. It’s like reading an 80s slasher flick. Nothing too amazing but still a good and fun read!
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins is so amazing that I gave it as a gift to multiple people. Go in blind if possible.
Bleeding Sun by Samuel Sagan. Interesting psychic space warfare with Matrix elements and VR/AR stuff.
Sergey Snegov - Humans as Gods I read it as a teenager. Full of interesting ideas I haven’t seen anywhere else. Definitely worth a read, however it’s difficult to come by.
“Passagem para Ravena” has a great mix of romance and fantasy, got me immersed like no other.
