Book recommendations from a friend who's read everything.
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Seven pilgrims, one mystery and a war across the galaxy, with Dune's sweep and politics.
A whole culture shaped by its climate, the way Arrakis shapes the Fremen.
Evolution over thousands of years, with ecology as big an idea as the spice.
A brutal world that shapes everyone in it, and a story about who holds power.
A Parade of HorriblesMatt DinnimanMay 15, 2026
The Calamity ClubKathryn StockettMay 5, 2026
Vanishing CultureLuca MessarraApril 23, 2026
The Daisy Chain Flower ShopLaurie GilmoreMay 19, 2026
Platform DecayMartha WellsMay 5, 2026
26 BeautiesJames PattersonMay 4, 2026
Shadow Slave, Book 1: Child of ShadowsGuiltythreeOctober 6, 2026
Initial D, Omnibus 10しげの秀一June 2, 2026Leonard A. Lauder
This book is basically a history of Estée Lauder, which inevitably is also a biography of the author’s mother, who founded the eponymous company, and of himself (who led the company for ~17 years). If there’s one thing Lauder wants to convey in the book it’s that he was not a spoiled brat who inherited a cosmetics…
Leonora Carrington
This is one the better books I’ve read in recent memory. The narrator, Marian Leatherby, is a 92-year old English woman who has lived in Mexico for most of her life. Marian bears an un unmistakable resemblance to two of my favorite characters: Janina Duszejko of Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead an Lenore…
David Markson
I am a bit ashamed to give only three stars to Wittgenstein's Mistress. In an interview in the afterword Markinson refers to the "C students," and "semiliterates" who rejected the novel 54 times before it was finally accepted. Maybe I’m one of them, or maybe he’s an ass.
