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post 1673715703 12-29-2022, 01:38 AM
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I didn't really read seriously until 2014 or so, of course I had read many books up until then, but maybe like one or two a year. Now I always have something on the go and read daily. I picked up 5 used books at a store only a few weeks back and have read 3 already. I read 35 books last year, I believe.

I do prefer fiction, but read about history, politics, geography, culture and occasionally the economy (Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics is a good read...although takes a while).

I agree with OP, reading is good fun.
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Tips on what books to read? Mostly have read books like Atomic Habits, The Alchemist(favorite, thinking of rereading it), The subtle art of not giving a fuk

But i'd also like to read other interesting topics.. what say you misc? Being more articulate sounds like fun
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post 1673716833 12-29-2022, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted By Paul
Truth OP. I try to read a book a month.

But if you want truly life changing results..



Now before you mock, laugh, or dismiss it away..just try it for 30 days. I promise you your life will change for the better.
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I've been taking a 3 month break from reading of late and was thinking I should get back to reading books. I still read a good amount each day though, reading news articles.
post 1673735423 12-29-2022, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted By maori-rap⏩
I didn't really read seriously until 2014 or so, of course I had read many books up until then, but maybe like one or two a year. Now I always have something on the go and read daily. I picked up 5 used books at a store only a few weeks back and have read 3 already. I read 35 books last year, I believe.

I do prefer fiction, but read about history, politics, geography, culture and occasionally the economy (Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics is a good read...although takes a while).

I agree with OP, reading is good fun.
how you find this much time to read
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post 1673735483 12-29-2022, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted By 2010JW⏩
Tips on what books to read? Mostly have read books like Atomic Habits, The Alchemist(favorite, thinking of rereading it), The subtle art of not giving a fuk

But i'd also like to read other interesting topics.. what say you misc? Being more articulate sounds like fun
try going to those books amazon page and see "customers also liked"
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post 1673736283 12-29-2022, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
how you get 2 library cards? my library doesnt have a ton.
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EBo...ption_Services


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Alsohttps://www.gutenberg.org/
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post 1673736463 12-29-2022, 10:14 AM
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Can anyone tell me how to put spoilers around text? I have an excel file with ~200 books that I'll try copy and pasting for anyone interested. Mostly finance/psychology stuff.
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post 1673736493 12-29-2022, 10:14 AM
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You'll relapse into a screen consoomer sooner or later.

Reading is like diet and exercise now for normies
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post 1673736623 12-29-2022, 10:16 AM
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[QUOTE=AriesTH post_id=1673736463]Can anyone tell me how to put spoilers around text? I have an excel file with ~200 books that I'll try copy and pasting for anyone interested. Mostly finance/psychology stuff.[/QUOTE][ spoiler ]

Stuff here

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Remove the spaces
[b]Spoiler![/b][SPOILER]
Stuff here
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post 1673737193 12-29-2022, 10:25 AM
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I started reading for a while, maybe for about a year or two and stopped this past year because I was too tired from dead end jobs. Honestly it is great exercise for the mind, improves vocabulary, and trains your mind to visualize written concepts and look at different people's point of view. Really beneficial imo, and a great break from just constant dopamine scrolling.
post 1673738293 12-29-2022, 10:39 AM
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[QUOTE=PumkinPie post_id=1673736623][ spoiler ]

Stuff here

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Remove the spaces
[b]Spoiler![/b][SPOILER]
Stuff here
[/SPOILER][/QUOTE]Thank you. It seems to give me an error trying to add the full list. Will try editing and adding the rest. Edit: can't seem to add any more than what's in the spoiler for some reason but that should give people some ideas.

Book list broken down by title/subject/fiction or non fiction:

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Book Title | Book Subject | Fiction or Non Fiction
Traders, Guns, and Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives | Biography | Non-Fiction
Snakes in Suits | Business, Psychology | Non-Fiction
With Charity for All: Why Charities Are Failing and a Bettter Way to Give | Philanthropy | Non-Fiction
End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals | Zoology | Non-Fiction
Jesse Livermore Boy Plunger: The Man Who Sold America Short in 1929 | Biography | Non-Fiction
Cannery Row | Classic Literature | Fiction
Jung: A Very Short Introduction | Psychology | Non-Fiction
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking | Psychology, Self-Help | Non-Fiction
Brandes on Value: The Independent Investor | Finance | Non-Fiction
The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals | Psychology, Self-Help | Non-Fiction
Do I Make Myself Clear | Writing | Non-Fiction
Buffettology | Finance | Non-Fiction
Fortunes Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street | Finance, Poker | Non-Fiction
The Little Book That Builds Wealth | Finance | Non-Fiction
Let Your Mind Alone! | Self-Help | Non-Fiction
Modern Security Analysis: Understanding Wall Street Fundamentals | Finance | Non-Fiction
A Zebra in Lion's Country | Finance | Non-Fiction
Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success | Finance | Non-Fiction
Humble on Wall Street | Biography | Non-Fiction
Active Value Investing: Making Money in Range-Bound Markets | Finance | Non-Fiction
The Investors Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail | Finance | Non-Fiction
A Perfect Nightmare: My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life | BIography | Non-Fiction
Think Like a Freak | Economics | Non-Fiction
When to Rob a Bank | Economics | Non-Fiction
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons | Biography | Non-Fiction
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action | Psychology | Non-Fiction
Steve Jobs | Biography | Non-Fiction
The Art of War | Military, Psychology | Non-Fiction
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! | Physics | Non-Fiction
Dreams of my Father | Biography | Non-Fiction
Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion | Psychology | Non-Fiction
The Technological Singularity | Technology | Non-Fiction
Pour Your Heart Into It | Biography | Non-Fiction
Sam Walton: Made in America | Biography | Non-Fiction
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for it's Life Without Losing It's Soul | Biography | Non-Fiction
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck | Psychology | Non-Fiction
Everything is F*cked | Psychology | Non-Fiction
Principles | Finance, Psychology | Non-Fiction
(Look into Books by this Author) | Finance | Non-Fiction
(Look into Books by this Author) | History | Non-Fiction
(Look into Biographies by this Author) | Biography | Non-Fiction
100 to 1 in the Stock Market | Finance | Non-Fiction
The Investors Dilemma | Finance | Non-Fiction
Sense and Nonsense in Corporate Finance | Finance | Non-Fiction
What’s Wrong with Wall Street | Finance | Non-Fiction
Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies | Biophysics | Non-Fiction
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters | Business | Non-Fiction
How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers | Business | Non-Fiction
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians | History | Non-Fiction
The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea | Zoology | Non-Fiction
The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants | Zoology | Non-Fiction
The Ride of a Lifetime | Biography | Non-Fiction
Winning the Losers Game | Finance | Non-Fiction
A Short History of Financial Euphoria | Finance | Non-Fiction
On Value | Finance | Non-Fiction
The Black Swan | Finance | Non-Fiction
Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy | Economics | Non-Fiction
Relentless | Sports | Non-Fiction
The Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail | Economics | Non-Fiction
Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crisis | Economics | Non-Fiction
Atlas Shrugged | Classic Literature | Fiction
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds | Psychology | Non-Fiction
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives | Philosophy | Fiction
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire | History | Non-Fiction
Nudge: Improving Devisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness | Psychology | Non-Fiction
The Art of Speculation | Finance | Non-Fiction
On The Role of the Individual in History | Sociology | Non-Fiction
River out of Eden | Biology | Non-Fiction
The Lessons of History | History | Non-Fiction
The Hero with a Thousand Faces | Mythology | Non-Fiction
Where the Crawdas Sing | Literary Fiction | Fiction
MetaHuman | Philosophy | Non-Fiction
Baruch: My Own Story | Biography | Non-Fiction
(Look into Books on the topid of : KELLY CRITERION) | Mathematics | Non-Fiction
The Service Edge: 101 Companies that Profit from Customer Care | Business | Non-Fiction
Pedagogy of the Opressed | Pedagogy | Non-Fiction
Blood on the Street | Finance | Non-Fiction

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post 1673742713 12-29-2022, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted By PumkinPie⏩
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EBo...ption_Services


EDIT:
Alsohttps://www.gutenberg.org/
so many poverty books on these, i can't read anything written 50 years ago
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post 1673745643 12-29-2022, 12:23 PM
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Don't get why so many people are down on fiction, as long as its good stuff / classic stuff / art? Not some chitty airport page-turner.

Given humans don't agree on the fundamentals of barely anything, novels not based in reality are a good way to explore certain ideas?

Otherwise its chitty non-fiction "How i made a million bucks" self-help type crap, or History / Politics / Science (OK) type books?
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Originally Posted By Channel83⏩
Don't get why so many people are down on fiction, as long as its good stuff / classic stuff / art? Not some chitty airport page-turner.

Given humans don't agree on the fundamentals of barely anything, novels not based in reality are a good way to explore certain ideas?

Otherwise its chitty non-fiction "How i made a million bucks" self-help type crap, or History / Politics / Science (OK) type books?
This is a good point, there's a lot of usefulness in fiction, plus it's easier to read to relax for sleep. A balance seems best.

What are your favorite fiction books that fit this description for you?
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post 1673785963 12-30-2022, 01:34 AM
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Also, y'all read on kindle or straight up physical books?
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post 1673893783 12-31-2022, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted By 2010JW⏩
Also, y'all read on kindle or straight up physical books?
kindle is growing on me, im about 50/50
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