Reddit reviews His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass

I know I must be missing some, but these are all that I can think of at the moment.

Fiction:

Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

White Noise by Don Delilo

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot

Everything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by DFW

Infinite Jest by DFW

Of these, you can't go wrong with Infinite Jest and the Collected Fictions of Borges. His Dark Materials is an easy and classic read, probably the lightest fare on this list.

Non-Fiction:

The Music of the Primes by Marcus du Sautoy

Chaos by James Gleick

How to be Gay by David Halperin

Barrel Fever by David Sedaris

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

Secret Historian by Justin Spring

Of these, Secret Historian was definitely the most interesting, though How to be Gay was a good intro to queer theory.

Get this version. You get all 3 books for 25 dollars.

I have a folio scoiety game of thrones and it’s really nice

I don’t think it’s worth 210$. I don’t particularly care for the illustration style in this one.

I like this omnibus

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307957837/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MqdxDbX15A9RM

All three for 32$

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the His Dark Materials trilogy yet. Lots of philosophy in there, as well as numerous parallel worlds in modern times. The first world introduced is a Victorian-esque somewhat steampunk version of Oxford.

I agree 100% that "villain wins, death and hellfire ensue. More at 10:00" is a pretty easy way to go about this. I read these books back in the 7th grade, and I had never been exposed to such a bittersweet ending as that, it almost made me cry when I read it. Always nice to see another fan of the books, and I found a very nice looking omnibus collection for the books on amazon I may need to pick up now.

how about something more subtle? like The His Dark Materials Series by Phillip Pullman?

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i read them when I was about 12, loved them. Lyra is still one of my favorite female protagonists out of all the books i read as a kid.

Here you go!

Have you read 'Once upon a time in the North'?

I'm pretty girly when it comes to makeup and nail polish and glitter, but I also like crafty DIY stuff like cooking and gardening. (No fear of getting dirty.)

I also have a tiny dog and love hiking and walking. I don't have a car, so I take transit or walk (and now bike) everywhere. I am really obsessed with reading about neighborhood development and walkability and stuff.

This is one of my favorite book series and really influenced me in high school to start questioning things more.

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