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Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Book of Delights
An interest can tell you more than a favourite-author quiz: cooking, animals, buildings, words or a well-told story each offers a way into a book. These choices have clear premises and different...
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Books for Reading Ten Minutes at a Time
Books for Reading Ten Minutes at a Time
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Book of Delights
Ten minutes can hold a complete encounter: a poem, an essay, a letter, a comic or one clearly bounded episode. These books give you natural stopping points and a welcoming way back after a gap...
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Books for Your Twenties When Life Refuses to Follow a Plan
Books for Your Twenties When Life Refuses to Follow a Plan
by book_guy  • 
In common: Trick Mirror
Your twenties can feel like a series of decisions made while watching other people appear to get theirs right. These novels, essays and memoirs question that impression through insecure work...
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Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Anthropocene Reviewed
If films, podcasts and a good conversation usually win your attention, start with the kind of experience you already enjoy. These books offer an immediate voice, a compelling question or pictures...
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Books That Make Ordinary Life Feel Worth Paying Attention To
Books That Make Ordinary Life Feel Worth Paying Attention To
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Book of Delights
A packed bag, a working lunch, a meal prepared for someone else: these books make familiar actions worth looking at again. Their interest comes from precise observation of objects, work...
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People Whose Lives Make a Good Starting Point for Biography Readers
People Whose Lives Make a Good Starting Point for Biography Readers
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
A good first biography gives you a person to follow and a wider world to explore. These lives offer routes into science, art, public life and business through specific, researched books. The...
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Historical Novels About Trade Routes & Cultural Encounters
Historical Novels About Trade Routes & Cultural Encounters
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
Follow a cargo of coffee into Amsterdam or a shipment of opium into Canton and watch who gets to set the terms. The novels here use trade to bring people into contact across borders, through the...
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Food Writing Worth Reading Even When You Never Cook the Recipes
Food Writing Worth Reading Even When You Never Cook the Recipes
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
A recipe tells you what goes into a dish. A good piece of food writing can tell you who taught someone to make it, who did the work, and why it mattered that they ate it together. These essays...
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Short Audiobooks for a Complete Story on One Long Journey
Short Audiobooks for a Complete Story on One Long Journey
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
Pick a recording that fits the time you’ll actually have. Every audiobook here is unabridged, tells a complete story, and runs for under six hours at normal speed. Each recommendation names the...
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Books to Browse When Reading Feels Like Homework
Books to Browse When Reading Feels Like Homework
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
When reading has become another thing to measure, browsing can be a way to follow curiosity again. These books offer photographs, independent essays, drawings, odd words and small discoveries you...
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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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Books That Challenge Easy Judgements About Other People
Books That Challenge Easy Judgements About Other People
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
A useful change of mind often begins with a judgement that stops feeling adequate. These novels and memoirs make room for conflicting loyalties, incomplete knowledge and lives that resist a...
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Short-Story Collections That Build Into Something Larger
Short-Story Collections That Build Into Something Larger
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
A strong collection gives you reasons to turn to the next story as well as reasons to sit with the one just finished. These books build larger effects through recurring people, changes in form...
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Classics Worth Revisiting Beyond the Classroom
Classics Worth Revisiting Beyond the Classroom
by book_guy  • 
On a similar theme
A familiar school text can become a different reading experience when there is time to hear its jokes, follow its suspense and recognise the compromises its people make. These choices offer ways...
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Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
by book_guy  • 
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When reading starts to feel like another unfinished obligation, a book with an inviting voice can matter more than a reading target. These choices favour emotional involvement, manageable...
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Books for Book Clubs That Like to Disagree
Books for Book Clubs That Like to Disagree
by book_guy  • 
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The most interesting meeting can end with people seeing more clearly why they disagree. These novels offer more than a provocative premise: their voices, consequences and competing loyalties give...
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