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9 votes
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“I did not die. I did not go to heaven.”: How the controversy around a Christian bestseller engulfed the evangelical publishing industry—and tore a family apart.
10 votes -
Novelists have condemned the Staunch prize – for thrillers without violence against women – as a ‘gagging order’, after organisers said the genre could bias jurors
7 votes -
Sandra Boynton is tweaking some of her beloved children’s books. But why mess with perfection?
7 votes -
What are you reading these days? #22
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it. Notes: I am aiming to make a list of all the books mentioned...
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it.
Notes: I am aiming to make a list of all the books mentioned in toplevel comments in these threads, see this wiki page. If you want to help with that, that'd really be appreciated, PM me please.
Past weeks: Week #1 · Week #2 · Week #3 · Week #4 · Week #5 · Week #6 · Week #7 · Week #8 · Week #9 · Week #10 · Week #11 · Week #12 · Week #13 · Week #14 · Week #15 · Week #16 · Week #17 · Week #18 · Week #19 · Week #20 · Week #21
15 votes -
Romance novelists write about sex and pleasure. On the internet that makes them targets for abuse
9 votes -
Future Library is one of the most interesting projects happening in Europe right now that connects literature, art and the environment
4 votes -
What are some of the best free ebooks available online?
Project Gutenberg is a great resource for free books, but its 50,000+ titles are intimidating in number (if not outright impenetrable). The same goes for other free ebook aggregators/feeds, of...
Project Gutenberg is a great resource for free books, but its 50,000+ titles are intimidating in number (if not outright impenetrable). The same goes for other free ebook aggregators/feeds, of which there are many. There are also lots of authors who offer up their books for free. And, of course, there are tons of free options available in, say, the Kindle store. While it's nice to have so many choices, it hinders discoverability. Individual books get lost in all the noise.
As such, I'd like to know: what are some standout, recommended books that are available to readers for free?
Obvious disclaimer: I am not interested in pirated content.
24 votes -
Exile | Exil | ⴵⵘⴵ̇ⵔⴵ̇ⵙ, a poem by Hawad
6 votes -
Prisons are banning books that teach prisoners how to code
8 votes -
Liu Cixin’s war of the worlds
12 votes -
What are you reading these days? #21
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it. Notes: I am aiming to make a list of all the books mentioned...
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it.
Notes: I am aiming to make a list of all the books mentioned in toplevel comments in these threads, see this wiki page. If you want to help with that, that'd really be appreciated, PM me please.
Past weeks: Week #1 · Week #2 · Week #3 · Week #4 · Week #5 · Week #6 · Week #7 · Week #8 · Week #9 · Week #10 · Week #11 · Week #12 · Week #13 · Week #14 · Week #15 · Week #16 · Week #17 · Week #18 · Week #19 · Week #20
18 votes -
How the hell has Danielle Steel managed to write 179 books?
13 votes -
1982 video interview with Asimov, Wolfe, and Ellison
9 votes -
Dream Seminar, a poem by Tomas Tranströmer, translated from the Swedish by Patty Crane
4 votes -
A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction edited by Jack Fennell
7 votes -
A very happy 50th birthday to 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'
9 votes -
Ten surprising facts about books of beasts from the European middle ages
9 votes -
For remote communities in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, mobile libraries are a lifeline
7 votes -
Have you guys read "Without Their Permission" by Alexis Ohanian?
It's about u/kn0thing (the reddit user, not the tildes user, I don't think they're related), the reddit co-founder, and how to start a startup, It's very interesting, you guys should check it out.
10 votes -
Emily Dickinson Museum receives $22 million gift
6 votes -
What are you reading these days? #20
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it. Notes: I'm starting this a couple days earlier because I will...
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it.
Notes: I'm starting this a couple days earlier because I will not be able to do it on Friday this time round. This is a one-time deviation from the usual schedule. Sorry for the inconvenience if it causes any trouble to anybody. Have a nice time!
Past weeks: Week #1 · Week #2 · Week #3 · Week #4 · Week #5 · Week #6 · Week #7 · Week #8 · Week #9 · Week #10 · Week #11 · Week #12 · Week #13 · Week #14 · Week #15 · Week #16 · Week #17 · Week #18 · Week #19
19 votes -
The Mind-Body Solution: Neal Stephenson’s Fall explores higher consciousness, the internet’s future, and virtual worldbuilding in one mind-blowing adventure.
5 votes -
Extinction risk and rebellion: Fifteen environmental books coming in June
7 votes -
What's the next big fantasy series?
I missed the Witcher, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones boats-- what's the next big fantasy series that's starting right now? Like one book's been recently released and it was a shock how good it...
I missed the Witcher, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones boats-- what's the next big fantasy series that's starting right now? Like one book's been recently released and it was a shock how good it was, and all of its readers want more?
I want to hop on a train that'll take me into a fantasy land when the getting's good.
29 votes -
Do you read self-help books? And if so, any recommendations?
It's a genre that friends, coworkers, and family will chide you for reading, and often self-help books will repeat the same old principles. Yet, I find myself drawn to books like How to Win...
It's a genre that friends, coworkers, and family will chide you for reading, and often self-help books will repeat the same old principles. Yet, I find myself drawn to books like How to Win Friends and Atomic Habits again and again, in a hope that reading them will fix my life's problems. And honestly, some books in the genre do provide some great advice.
9 votes -
Of vices and rears; or why I've stopped reading Jane Austen
9 votes -
A roundtable on faith depiction in SFF
5 votes -
Shaelin Bishop - I Will Never Tell You This
6 votes -
Tildistas, what is your favorite poem?
there have been quite a few discussions on poetry on here and more than a few people post it from time to time, but i don't think anybody's asked this question recently if at all on this site, so...
there have been quite a few discussions on poetry on here and more than a few people post it from time to time, but i don't think anybody's asked this question recently if at all on this site, so let me be the first to do that.
alternative/bonus question for those of you who can't pick a singular poem: who is your favorite poet in general?
(also just to be clear, non-anglophone poetry/poets are of course welcome for the answer here. don't feel limited or obligated to confine yourself just to english poetry because most of the people here are anglophones)
19 votes -
How Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go! became a ubiquitous (and cliché) graduation gift
4 votes -
Staining The Timbre - Review: "The Hillbilly Moonshine Massacre" by Jonathan Raab
3 votes -
How to write about Africa
6 votes -
‘Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle’: A new, sociological investigation of how videogames and gaming fit into contemporary capitalism
6 votes -
Binyavanga Wainaina: 'How to write about Africa'
2 votes -
Nothing but the truth: The legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
5 votes -
From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn: Fifty great thrillers by women
5 votes -
A poetry-writing AI has just been unveiled. It’s ... pretty good.
10 votes -
Simon Armitage: 'Witty and profound' writer to be next Poet Laureate
8 votes -
How do you turn kids into bookworms? All ten children's laureates share their tips
7 votes -
What are you reading these days? #19
Edit: #19, not 18. Sorry I messed up the title again, if someone with the chance could fix it, I'd be grateful. What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language!...
Edit: #19, not 18. Sorry I messed up the title again, if someone with the chance could fix it, I'd be grateful.
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it.
Past weeks: Week #1 · Week #2 · Week #3 · Week #4 · Week #5 · Week #6 · Week #7 · Week #8 · Week #9 · Week #10 · Week #11 · Week #12 · Week #13 · Week #14 · Week #15 · Week #16 · Week #17 · Week #18
11 votes -
The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today
8 votes -
What are you reading these days? #18
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it. Past weeks: Week #1 · Week #2 · Week #3 · Week #4 · Week #5 ·...
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it.
Past weeks: Week #1 · Week #2 · Week #3 · Week #4 · Week #5 · Week #6 · Week #7 · Week #8 · Week #9 · Week #10 · Week #11 · Week #12 · Week #13 · Week #14 · Week #15 · Week #16 · Week #17
15 votes -
Murder and the missing briefcase: The real story behind Harper Lee’s lost true crime book
5 votes -
Review: "Bedroom Music" by Steph Castor
5 votes -
Four books by Asian American authors republished as Penguin Classics
9 votes -
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the mysterious author
9 votes -
Ten famous characters you technically own
3 votes -
The state of play of Nigerian SFF today
5 votes -
When Gabriel García Márquez wanted to be a foreign correspondent in Madrid
4 votes