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Slashdot Asks: What Book(s) Are You Reading This Month?

Posted by msmash on from the let's-get-this-going dept.

We have not run book recommendations and book discussion posts for some time. So here it goes: What's a book -- or books -- are you reading this month? Additionally, what's a book you finished recently that you found insightful, or funny, or both. (The latter request comes from a reader.) Leave your recommendation and any additional notes in the comments section below.

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  1. The Mythical Man Month by bobbied · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Everybody who engineers or manages engineers needs to read this book every few years.

    "The Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks.

    --
    "File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
    1. Re:The Mythical Man Month by Nidi62 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Everybody who engineers or manages engineers needs to read this book every few years.

      "The Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks.

      I was going to have all my subordinates read it but the book was too long, so I assigned them all a chapter to read so they would finish reading the book quicker.

      --
      The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
  2. My Fantasy Reading List for September 2018 by Seven+Spirals · · Score: 5, Interesting

    * The Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence

    * Lyonesse by Jack Vance

    * The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

    * The Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

    * The Fall of Gondolin by JRR Tolkien

    I can recommend all of these, except for The Fall of Gondolin. It's not really up to Tolkien's best standard, but still worth reading for fans like me.

  3. Foreigner Series by C.J. Cherryh by The+Original+CDR · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I read 18 volumes of C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner series in 54 days. That's about ~7,000 pages. A fast paced story that never bogs down about aliens, first contact and languages. Volume 19 just came out but I haven't read it yet.

  4. Three Body Problem trilogy by Guy+Smiley · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I just finished this series, and each of them were among the most original sci-fi books that I've read in years. That is hard to pull off with three longish books, but the author is full of great ideas.