Twitter’s Summer Reading List

I asked my Twitter friends for recommendations of books to read over Christmas. I said that I’ve already consumed the new Expanse novel and the new Philip Pullman (intended to indicate that I like that style of sf) and I said I like non-fiction if it’s interesting and well-written (e.g., Bakewell’s book on Montaigne, or Holmes’s “Age of Wonder”).

Here’s what they recommended …

• Artemis by Andy Weir (the sequel to The Martian). Recommended by @lancewiggs.
• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson. Recommended by @lancewiggs and @stojg.
• The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. Recommended by @lancewiggs, @mceoin, and @obra.
• The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World by Steve Levine. Recommended by @lancewiggs.
• The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest Teams by Sam Walker. Recommended by @lancewiggs.
• Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. Recommended by @MattNippert.
• Walkaway by Cory Doctorow. Recommended by @mandysinpson.
• The Way of Kings: Stormlight Archive Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson. Recommended by @mandysinpson.
• Blue Remembered Earth: Poseidon’s Children Book 1 by Alastair Reynolds. Recommended by @teh_aimee.
• Wake by Elizabeth Knox, which is set in New Zealand. Recommended by @teh_aimee.
• Consider Phlebas (The Culture Series book 1) by Iain Banks. Recommended by @teh_aimee.
• Anything by Charlie Stross. Recommended by @teh_aimee and annejohn.
• Anything by Micah L. Sifry. Recommended by @teh_aimee.
• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaaara. Recommended by @rmi.
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Recommended by @rmi.
• Into the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O’Hanlon. Recommended by @rmi.
• Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials by Malcolm Harris. Recommended by @rmi.
• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Recommended by @rmi.
• No More Champagne: Churchill and His Money by David Lough. Recommended by @rmi.
• Off Armageddon Reef: A Novel in the Safehold Series (#1) by David Weber. Recommended by @VikOlliver.
• Black Marks on the White Page by Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makareti. Recommended by @amscraig.
• Mythos by Stephen Fry. Recommended by @MikeStok.
• The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. Recommended by @stojg.
• Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Recommended by @newzedland.
• Anything by N.K. Jemisin. Recommended by @annejohn.
• Penric’s Demon: Penric & Desdemona Book 1 by Lois McMaster Bujold. Recommended by @annejohn.
• The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers by Gillian Tett. Recommended by @RachelProsser.
• Anything by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Recommended by Miraz Jordan.
• Homer’s Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson. Recommended by @auchmill.
• The Bone People by Keri Hulme. Recommended by @tummycom.

Finally:

• Teach Yourself Javascript in 24 Hours by Phil Ballard. Recommended by a smart-arse.