DakotaHale Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Title. Building a library. Already bought 60 books and it's only Saturday. Need recommendations. Mostly classical literature focus but also philosophy. Also have a smaller section on business/AI/engineering shit but that's not the main focus (but suggestions there are still welcome). Many of these I've already read before. Want varied opinions and options on the shelf. Here's some of the shit I have so far to demonstrate: Classical/Philosophical The Holy Bible (7 translations) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare The Origin of Species Harassment Architecture The Holy Qu'Ran The Poetic Edda The God Delusion American Psycho The Great Gatsby Dracula Tender is the Night The Count of Monte Cristo Vanity Fair Divine Comedy / Paradise Lost The Communist Manifesto / Das Kapital The Conquest of Bread Pride and Prejudice The Wealth of Nations Atlas Shrugged / The Fountainhead The Iliad / Odyssey Meditations Lolita The Art of War A Brief History of Time The Selfish Gene Superintelligence...and other shit like this Business/AI/Engineering/Politics/Etc. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail Screw Business As Usual: Turning Capitalism into a Force for Good Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence How to Win Friends & Influence People Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants Basic Economics Zero to One Never Split the Difference The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy Rework Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust...and a few other shit like this Biographies/Memoirs Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness A Promised Land Becoming...these are the only books in this section so far but I'm welcome to others 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobs Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Second Treatise on Government by Locke and Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu are essential philosophy for folks like us. Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater is, of course, the classic text for politically minded folks like us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 The Foundation Series, by Asimov. (Science Fiction) Saving Freedom, by Joe Scarborough. (Just a favorite of mine that I wanted to include lol.) Shogun, by James Clavell. The Prince, by Machiavelli. Don Quixote. We Were Soldiers Once, And Young. (Book that the movie "We Were Soldiers" is based off of.) Plenty of other political books I could list but Dobs mentioned some good ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, Pringles said: The Foundation Series, by Asimov. (Science Fiction) Saving Freedom, by Joe Scarborough. (Just a favorite of mine that I wanted to include lol.) Shogun, by James Clavell. The Prince, by Machiavelli. Don Quixote. We Were Soldiers Once, And Young. (Book that the movie "We Were Soldiers" is based off of.) Plenty of other political books I could list but Dobs mentioned some good ones. Based. Thanks for the recommendations. I've read The Prince, it's good. I saw Elon recommended The Foundation so it was on my "to buy" list but since you recommended it I'll probably get it. Quixote is a classic that I don't have in my library and I'll check out the others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 1 hour ago, DakotaHale said: Title. Building a library. Already bought 60 books and it's only Saturday. Need recommendations. Mostly classical literature focus but also philosophy. Also have a smaller section on business/AI/engineering shit but that's not the main focus (but suggestions there are still welcome). Many of these I've already read before. Want varied opinions and options on the shelf. Here's some of the shit I have so far to demonstrate: Classical/Philosophical The Holy Bible (7 translations) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare The Origin of Species Harassment Architecture The Holy Qu'Ran The Poetic Edda The God Delusion American Psycho The Great Gatsby Dracula Tender is the Night The Count of Monte Cristo Vanity Fair Divine Comedy / Paradise Lost The Communist Manifesto / Das Kapital The Conquest of Bread Pride and Prejudice The Wealth of Nations Atlas Shrugged / The Fountainhead The Iliad / Odyssey Meditations Lolita The Art of War A Brief History of Time The Selfish Gene Superintelligence...and other shit like this Business/AI/Engineering/Politics/Etc. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail Screw Business As Usual: Turning Capitalism into a Force for Good Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence How to Win Friends & Influence People Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants Basic Economics Zero to One Never Split the Difference The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy Rework Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust...and a few other shit like this Biographies/Memoirs Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness A Promised Land Becoming...these are the only books in this section so far but I'm welcome to others I’ll have some recommendations when I have time to type them out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVProgressive Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Dune by Frank Herbert is a genre defining classic of the Soft Sci-Fi genre, and is more than worth a spot in anyone's library. The Stranger by Albert Camus is a great story, in addition to being a wonderful example of Camus' absurdist philosophy. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner is a truly fantastic look at the consequences that unchecked overpopulation will have on 21st century human life. It's made all the more impressive due to how accurately it predicted the 2010s for a book written in 1968. Moby Dick by Herman Melville is easily my pick for not only a Great American Novel, but The Great American Novel, due to being such a subversive look at so many different aspects of America, and of humanity. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a true classic of English literature, and is one of the greatest tragedies that I've ever read. American Gods by Neil Gaiman is a truly entertaining blend of Americana, ancient religion, and modern fantasy. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett is a fantastic introduction to the Discworld novels, which are some of the greatest fantasy books since Tolkien. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin is (chronologically) the first book in Le Guin's The Hanish Cycle series of novels, which is one of the greatest series of Soft Sci-Fi novels to come out of the 20th century. I'd also recommend Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, which is the first book of he Earthsea series, which is a seminal piece of high fantasy storytelling from start to finish. Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein is probably the most important, and influential work with regards to the Philosophy of Language 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 For Wittgenstein, I'd say Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Also: - Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong (unabridged) - Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson - "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman (1855 version) - Western Canon by Harold Bloom - Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels - James, the Brother of Jesus by Robert Eisenman - Blundering to Glory by Owen Connelly - Ulysses by James Joyce - Napoleon by Alan Schom - Candide by Voltaire - History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell I'll add more later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvikings1 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 1984 Animal Farm Brave New World The Law (Bastiat) The Road to Serfdom Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics Federalist Papers (with Declaration and Constitution included) Anti-Federalist Papers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 I don't have a ton to add because I mostly read Fantasy/Sci-Fi but... Game of Thrones (first one is especially must read) The Lord of the Rings Richard III A Tale of Two Cities 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timur Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis - Charles Dickens' Novels - Pamela by Samuel Richardson - Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt - Ante-Nicene Fathers - Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers - Facts of Reconstruction by John Lynch - The Talmud - Herodotus's History - Diodorus Siculus's Library of History - Ernest Thompson Seton's Works - Aeneid by Virgil - Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilight Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Frankenstein is much better than Dracula Recommended classic novels: The Bluest Eye Little Women The Handmaid's Tale Their Eyes Were Watching God I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Wuthering Heights Uncle Tom's Cabin The Mill On The Floss The Scarlet Pimpernel Oh Pioneers Jane Eyre Gone With The Wind The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter A Tree Grows In Brooklyn I Capture The Castle The Talented Mr Ripley To Kill A Mockingbird A Wrinkle In Time Plus maybe some Austen or Christie if you want some genre material 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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