I just started watching Fringe. I'm only about three-quarters of the way through Season 2, so please no spoilers. What I'm looking for is companion reading material.
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posted by duckus
on Dec 14, 2012 -
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What light, humorous, and humanist genre fiction should I read after I finish the Discworld series?
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posted by X-Himy
on Aug 6, 2012 -
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Students of art, lovers of philosophy, can you recommend a book I can buy as a gift for a friend?
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posted by Chichibio
on Jul 25, 2012 -
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Please recommend me some novels (or movies) about the confusion and ridiculousness of being in your early 20s.
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posted by ad4pt
on May 9, 2012 -
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Please recommend some non-fiction books about Philippines, and fiction set in Philippines.
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posted by vidur
on Apr 17, 2012 -
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I want to mainline wonder! Recommend me nonfiction books or films (science, nature, history, culture, the human mind) that will make me fall in love with the world we live in.
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posted by stuck on an island
on Apr 15, 2012 -
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My father is beginning to have difficulty following books that have multiple plot-lines or too many characters. Can you recommend some books he might enjoy?
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posted by yuwtze
on Jan 9, 2012 -
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What books, articles or online resources would you suggest to introduce a well-intentioned guy to feminism?
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posted by peacheater
on Jan 3, 2012 -
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Help me be sad. Recommend to me depressing, sad, mournful fiction. Books that made you sad and a tad tearful. I just want to access these emotions and be taken away in good writing and wonderful characters. Any genre is acceptable except YA (unless you can prove it is real exceptional YA I suppose). Less cliched angst situations as well.
posted by kanata
on Jul 21, 2011 -
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I'd like to try to read a fantasy or even a sci-fi epic. I really have no experience in either realm besides Lord of The Rings, one Dune book, the Ender Series, and Hitchhikers. All of which I enjoyed but especially LOTR. What would be a good series to start off? The epic is the key thing as I want some nice thick books that I won't read in a day. I'm leery of things with faeries in them. Or twee YA books.
posted by kanata
on May 13, 2011 -
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What recommendations do you have for literature with tones and themes of sadness/loneliness/inadequacy/anxiety/perfectionism/depression/alienation/dissatisfaction? (Not all in a single book, of course).
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posted by parjanya
on Apr 28, 2011 -
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I would like to read a biography of Emily Dickinson. Do you know of a well written, not too highly academic one?
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posted by kanata
on Dec 14, 2010 -
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Loved "The Inland Sea" by Richie. Recommendations for something comparable set in modern Japan? The more recent the better. Bonus points for Kindle/iBooks availability.
posted by avoidance
on Sep 1, 2010 -
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Book Recommendation Filter: Please recommend books about recovering from trauma and reintegrating back into normal life and society. Experiences like cults, prison, war, abusive relationships, etc. where the person feels isolated from "normal" people. I'm looking for fiction especially but any genre is helpful.
posted by Dilemma
on Aug 16, 2010 -
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This recent link on the blue reminded me how fascinating ethnography can be. Now I have a hankering for some well-written works of anthropology or sociology that offer insight on different people and different ways of life. Please recommend some good books for me! This is for "pleasure reading," so really dense jargon is a turn-off, but they don't need to be written for a popular audience.
posted by bookish
on Aug 13, 2010 -
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I'm looking for good,
non-fiction books about epidemiology and the history of disease (or of one outbreak of a disease). I'm especially interested in the intersection of social history, epidemiology, and intellectual history (like in Steven Johnson's fabulous
The Ghost Map). Think "Erik Larson, for microbes."
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posted by flibbertigibbet
on May 9, 2010 -
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Book filter: can you recommend a good political/journalistic novel set in Washington, D.C. that meet the following criteria?
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posted by Tin Man
on Jan 10, 2010 -
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Recommend some French-language books (or sites) for a intermediate French-learner, to (hopefully enjoy) reading with the aid of a dictionary and bescherelle.
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posted by Kurichina
on Oct 6, 2009 -
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What are the best books and articles about Security Contractors/Modern Mercenaries/Paramilitary Organizations?
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posted by 2bucksplus
on May 19, 2009 -
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Are there similar sites such as last.fm and the likes for other media types? I'm thinking sites which can recommend e.g. books and movies based on what I've recently read or watched.
I'd prefer non-commercial sites, thus eliminating amazon.com and sites which recommend other titles based on what other users also bought together with a selected book/movie.
Thanks.
posted by kissan
on Apr 29, 2009 -
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I need some new favourite writers! Please recommend some ones that I'll love as much as Mark Kurlansky and Italo Calvino, etc.
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posted by troika
on Nov 17, 2008 -
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My fiance loves Mervyn Peake. Can you suggest some other authors/books that are similar in style to Gormenghast?
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posted by supercrayon
on Apr 18, 2008 -
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Any fans of Peter Handke here? I tripped over his wikipedia entry, and he seems like someone I would enjoy reading. Where should I start?
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posted by hototogisu
on Nov 24, 2006 -
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I am looking for a clear understandable introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus. Is there any particular book or website you can recommend to someone who is not schooled in philosophy?
posted by davar
on Mar 24, 2006 -
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I've just reduced my book queue to a puny six or seven, I'm looking to pile a little something on, and a bookstore just opened within walking distance. I'm in the mood for a good history of the French Revolution. Any recommendations?
posted by furiousthought
on Sep 1, 2004 -
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