Reading Dune in a week is serious business. Same with the The Brothers Karamazov.
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The Three-Body problem is the first book in a fantastic Sci-Fi style thriller series based on quantum reality and extra terrestrial life. 100% should add this to the list
2 years ago (edited) | 100
I read most of these in the late seventies, early eighties, makes me happy that lex has similar taste to this old guy
2 years ago | 228
The Sirens of Titan... Anything from Kurt Vonnegut is always fun 👍
2 years ago | 16
Brothers Karamazov is my fave, although that's a tough read in a week, it takes me a week just to make sense out of a chapter. But, I know you'll do it, I have so much love for you Lex! Happy New Year 🎇
2 years ago (edited) | 6
I'd recommend "When The Sparrow Falls". A murder mystery in a world controlled by AI. It has sci-fi detective noire elements, like Blade Runner, but with a 1970's cold war / communist aesthetic. It's set in the future where the singularity has occurred and the entire world is run by 3 all powerful AI entities. A population of humans have set up The Caspian Republic, a nation that has cut itself off from the AI and is now being run by a totalitarian dictatorship. The story is about an officer in the Caspian Republic who has been tasked with solving the murder of one of The Caspian Republic's head of humanist propaganda, who's death indicates a relationship with the outside AI world. One of my favourite books this year (and it so happens to have been written by my brother Neil Sharpson 😐
2 years ago (edited) | 18
Lex Fridman you keep me alive I'm sad all the time but you are a little bit of light, I want to die every day, thankyou for your kindness lost and alone in Australia
2 years ago | 20
Frankenstein is one of the best novels I’ve ever read, truly a great insight into the human condition, uncomfortably accurate.
2 years ago | 13
Amazing list. Thanks for posting this. I am starting the trilogy by Cixin Liu which begins with " The Three-Body Problem"
2 years ago (edited) | 59
Love it. Bought myself Meditations and The Prince for Christmas!
2 years ago | 5
I love so much that Hitchhikers is number two on the list! That’s really smart to put a bit of levity between 1984 and Brave New World.
2 years ago | 51
Excellent selection. Orwell is always fun to revisit. I compiled a shorter list. Hopefully I can get to. 1. The Prince Nicollo Machiavelli 2. Book of Five Rings by Myamoto Musashi 3. the Iliad and the Odessy by Homer 4. Twenty Leagues Under the Sea by Verne 5. The Secret History of the Mongols 6. Complete works of Kurt Vonnegut in Chronological order.
2 years ago | 85
The little prince is such a lovely book, that one won't take you a week. Out of the 5 books I've read on that list, the little prince is the one that touched my heart the most. You will love it Lex
2 years ago | 7
"Island"by aldous Huxley is his best and underrated book imo. Also I love "we the living" by Rand and "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. Cloud atlas is also a must read too
2 years ago (edited) | 7
The Expanse show and books are phenomenal. Also Meditations 🙏 first heard about it from the show Black Sails as it is Captain Flints favorite book. Immediately bought it and its a great book filled with great advice and lessons from a great empero
2 years ago (edited) | 13
Read the whole Foundation saga, It's amazing! And The Tree-Body Problem, that trilogy is my favorite, oh and The Gods Themselves trilogy by Asimov too
2 years ago | 123
That's such a great idea, we can all be a part of a book club with lex 👌👌
2 years ago | 139
Nice list, suggestion: add Carlos Castaneda's The fire from within, and The active side of infinity, to connect some more (interdimensional) dots in your beautiful mind ... If you read those in the past, read them again, maybe? :-) Thanks for your great interviews and reflections, and Happy 2023 from a Dutch fan living on the Isle of Mallorca/Spain <3 xxx Regina
2 years ago | 4
Fantastic list 👌🏼 There’s a lot of books here that I’m aware of but have never read. This was great timing for me to see as I’m sure others as well. Time to get after it. Thanks Lex, you’re the man
2 years ago | 5
the stone and the flute of bemmann is my absolue favorite story. i learned so much from this fantastic tale...
2 years ago | 1
Lex Fridman
I'm reading a book a week in 2023. Classics, sci-fi, nonfiction, or anything people highly recommend. I'll keep adjusting the list. Start on Monday, done by Sunday. Might make lowkey videos of takeaways. If you want to read along, the current list is here: lexfridman.com/reading-list
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