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What are some good books you've been reading lately? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll start first: (bear in mind I usually listen to audiobooks)

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir |A guy finds himself stranded in space aboard an international space vessel where he has to remember who he is.
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater |A true story about how hanging with the wrong crowd can have life-altering consequences
The Animorphs series by KJ Applegate |Young adult series in which a group of kids find an alien, get the powers to morph shape into animals, as well as uncover an alien takeover conspiracy (Plus, detailed depictions of how grotesque those transformations are!)
Saga by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples (Comic, ongoing) |Following the story of Hazel, a baby born from an ex-soldier and an enemy combatant, Saga shows how gowing up and raising a kid in a wartorn universe can have highs and lows.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you read a modern bible translation from the perspective of christian mythology just as we treat Greek mythology a lot of the stories are actually fantastic reads

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

interesting.. it's been a while since I've tried (as a kid in the 80s probably). Can you recommend a translation (and book/story)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

A lot of the Old Testament this. Any translation that uses more readable language is nice. The King James version etc get too much credit for sounding religiousy.

Genesis through Deuteronomy or so are what a lot of Protestant churches at least focus on. The New Testament is Jesus' life and then a bunch of letters to various early churches about how the Religion should work.

A lot of "the rest" are the kind of fables they're talking about. Ruth, Esther, Job, Samuel, etc. The ones named after people/mythological figures, depending on your point of view/beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

cool, thanks!