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(You can tell The Blade Itself is a first novel — but the following novels are A+.)
I had given up on fiction for a few years, but tried it out after coming across a thread on Reddit. The audiobooks in the series are incredibly good — in fact, I've recently just been reading anything that the narrator (Steven Pacey) has done in the past.
This is the only book I know that discusses that there are several styles of writing and that exhibits one particular style that the authors call "classic style".
They also discuss differences from other styles ("practical style" as taught by Joseph Williams – my other favorite book about writing, that I like even more).
The book is split into three parts: an essay part that talks about the style, "The Museum" with examples of the style from other publications, and "The Studio" with practical tips and exercises.
Also really enjoyed Klara and the Sun.
I really really enjoyed "The Comanche Empire" https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300151176/comanche-empir... It took a long time to get through (very dense, academic) but was a sprawling look at a powerful indigenous culture that I knew nothing about. Plus, it was enlightening and a bit foreboding to learn how an empire could be at the very height of its power and then, through circumstance, climate, demographics, a…
For a broader look at the same subject (on the continental scale), I recommend 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann.
I really really enjoyed "The Comanche Empire" https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300151176/comanche-empir... It took a long time to get through (very dense, academic) but was a sprawling look at a powerful indigenous culture that I knew nothing about. Plus, it was enlightening and a bit foreboding to learn how an empire could be at the very height of its power and then, through circumstance, climate, demographics, a…
Any idea how it compares to Empire of the Summer Moon? My library has that one not, your suggestion.
Fiction: "The Lies of Locke Lamora" I found this book because I just finished playing Dishonored 2 and I wanted to read a book with a dystopian steampunk alternative-Victorian vibe. The events take place in a gritty, corrupt city of waterways and canals controlled by different factions. The factions represent either the legitimate nobility or the extensive underground criminal empire. A charismatic leader of a small…
Nonfiction: Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (and the Next) - self-explanatory title (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54654726-mutual-aid)
Crying in H-Mart: memoir by Michelle Zauner (leader of the band Japanese Breakfast) about her mother and how food wove through their relationship (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54814676-crying-in-h-mar...)