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Edit: thank you for sharing your suggestions, everyone. I’ll try to check out the ones I haven’t read. Hopefully the responses in this thread were helpful for you too. <3

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A lot but here are the most recent ones (all non fiction)

Immense World : How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Essential for understanding how other creatures live in our world and insight on how ours evolved to what it is right now.

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Chur
Really great intro to practical ethics that is incredibly accessible as far as ethics books go. Everyone should at least skim this.

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
Best introduction to in my opinion the most important philosophy branch of western culture - Stoicism!

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

'Blindsight' and 'echopraxia' have had some of the longest reach in me, as far as books i read in adulthood.

Horror, but philosophical horror. It's so good.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow. Based on a few true stories and set five minutes in the future, telling the story of the poorest in society, the arbitrary restrictions put on them and, the namesake, the way their lives are controlled by corporate surveillance and physical DRM enabled by disinterested legislators. It's a short story from one of his collections.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 1 month ago

Witness.

(Not the book name, but if you've read the book, good on you).

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ender's Game is the first book that I ever read and then immediately re-read. And told people about how awesome it was. My librarian in middle school actually bought the book for me at a book fair. She saw that I was reading fantasy books to "fit in" but noticed that I seemed way more interested in Sci-Fi.

And Fight Club.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I read Ender's Game more or less in one sitting. What a page turner.

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