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Slashdot Asks: What Books Are You Reading This Month?

Posted by msmash on from the book-club dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Hey fellow Slashdot readers, what are some books you're reading right now, and intend to pick up later this month? Also if you would be so kind, what are some good new-ish novels (fiction / non-fiction) you recommend? Thanks!

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  1. Classics by WDot · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm trying to read some classic Western literature to see what thought processes led to current Western culture. Currently I'm reading the Tragedies of Aeschylus (Agamemnon specifically). Encyclopedia Brittanica put together a list of the books they thought were most influential throughout Western history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... . My goal is to work my way through all of them, eventually. There's a good variety: literature, philosophy, history, theology, math, and science.

    1. Re:Classics by El+Cubano · · Score: 3, Informative

      I'm trying to read some classic Western literature to see what thought processes led to current Western culture.

      You would probably find The Geography of Thought interesting.

  2. "A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind" by bazorg · · Score: 3, Informative

    A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind: Survival techniques for staying sane

    By Emily Reynolds, formerly a writer at Wired magazine in the UK.

    Not an easy read at times, but has +5 insightful bits on how to deal with mental illness, ours or our friends'.