Reading.Guru Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Heart of Darkness
Joseph ConradReading.GuruAnd perhaps in this is the whole difference; perhaps all the wisdom, and all truth, and all sincerity, are just compressed into that inappreciable moment of time in which we step over the threshold of the invisible. - Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Paperback, 1990
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel KahnemanReading.GuruA reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact. - Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
Paperback, 2013
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The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthyReading.GuruPeople were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there. - Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Paperback, 2007
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A Brief History of Time
Stephen HawkingReading.GuruWe now know that our galaxy is only one of some hundred thousand million that can be seen using modern telescopes, each galaxy itself containing some hundred thousand million stars. - Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
Paperback, 1998
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Back to Methuselah
George Bernard ShawReading.GuruWhen a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah https://t.co/Hb8e6hpt1M
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter IsaacsonReading.GuruHis success came from questioning conventional wisdom, challenging authority, and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. - Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe
Paperback, 2008
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Dune
Frank HerbertReading.GuruThere is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors. - Frank Herbert, Dune https://t.co/OIy5s1hBmD
Paperback, 2005
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Supernova Era
Cixin LiuReading.GuruOn the brink of a strange new world, people reacted in two opposite ways: they grew younger or got older. - Cixin Liu, The Supernova Era https://t.co/rqj39crYPv
Paperback, 2020
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar WildeReading.GuruThe books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Paperback, 2003
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan KunderaReading.GuruOur daily experience suggests 'each of us has one very short life to live and that life occurs only once and never again. Thus - 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' that Milan Kundera wrote about in his book. Lightness here is the absence of meaning. https://t.co/Nd9ury8Ocj
Paperback, 2005
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