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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? October 07 (discuss.online)
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Reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. It, and couple of others, were recommended here recently, and is somewhat of a new genre for me, memoir / biography in graphic novel format, graphic memoir?

Got the omnibus edition, "The Complete Persepolis", it's a pretty interesting read. It's about young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979, at least the first volume, after that it's about her life after that.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

that sounds right, Dan Brown is a bit of a hack, or at least that's what I've heard - he's commercially successful, though!

EDIT: I've seen Umberto Eco recommended as a Dan Brown alternative, I reallt enjoyed Name of the Rose but I think Foucault's Pendulum is usually recommended for Dan Brown fans who want something better.