I love the idea of book buddies: people who have similar taste in books & can consistently point you in the direction of a next great read. So to that end, here is my reader's profile!
If any of these books or genres are your cup of tea as well, feel free reach out to exchange ideas for next reads: coriander@tilde.town (requires an account in the tildeverse)
Preferred genres:
Speculative fiction
Non-fiction
Communication
Sociology & sociological studies of people & place (e.g. Cheap Land Colorado)
Nature & ecology (e.g. Braiding Sweetgrass)
Practical philosophy
Practical politics: anarchism, mutual aid
Herbal medicine traditions
Growing up, I loved Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and satire & absurdist Russian literature, like Nikolai Gogol's *The Nose*, Daniil Kharms, Mikhail Zoshchenko, and Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky.
Reading Now
The Five Elements Cookbook by Zoey Xinyi Gong
The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga by Sylvain Tesson
Humankind by Rutger Bregman
The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy by Nick Romeo
Fiction favorites:
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Leguin
Moonbound by Robin Sloan
Piranesi by Suzanne Clarke
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Drive Your Plough into the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk