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This is a list of my favourite books, in constant progress, in no particular order. | This is a list of my favourite books, in constant progress, in no particular order. | ||
| + | (See also [[book suggestions]] of stuff I haven't read but my friends say I should) | ||
==Novels== | ==Novels== | ||
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| + | |valign="top" | [[File:Finzioni cover.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Best book of all times, period.]] | ||
| + | |valign="top" | [[File:Rama1.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Best sci-fi novel ever, period.]] | ||
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| + | *{{en|Dante Alighieri}} . ''{{en|Divine Comedy}}'' | ||
*{{en|Jorge Luis Borges}} , ''{{en|Ficciones}}'' / ''{{en|The Aleph}}'' / ''{{en|A Universal History of Infamy}}'' | *{{en|Jorge Luis Borges}} , ''{{en|Ficciones}}'' / ''{{en|The Aleph}}'' / ''{{en|A Universal History of Infamy}}'' | ||
*{{en|Robert Musil}}, ''{{en|The Man Without Qualities}}'' | *{{en|Robert Musil}}, ''{{en|The Man Without Qualities}}'' | ||
*{{en|Gustave Flaubert}} , ''{{en|Madame Bovary}}'' | *{{en|Gustave Flaubert}} , ''{{en|Madame Bovary}}'' | ||
*{{en|Jonathan Littell}} , ''{{en|The Kindly Ones}}'' | *{{en|Jonathan Littell}} , ''{{en|The Kindly Ones}}'' | ||
| − | *{{en|Franz Kafka}} , ''{{en|The Trial}}'' | + | *{{en|Franz Kafka}} , ''{{en|The Trial}}'' / all short novels |
*{{en|Hermann Melville}}, ''{{en|Moby Dick}}'' | *{{en|Hermann Melville}}, ''{{en|Moby Dick}}'' | ||
*{{en|Jose Saramago}}, ''{{en|Baltasar and Blimunda}}'' | *{{en|Jose Saramago}}, ''{{en|Baltasar and Blimunda}}'' | ||
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*{{en|Predrag Matvejević}} , ''Breviario Mediterraneo'' | *{{en|Predrag Matvejević}} , ''Breviario Mediterraneo'' | ||
*{{en|Umberto Eco}} , ''{{en|Foucault's Pendulum}}'' | *{{en|Umberto Eco}} , ''{{en|Foucault's Pendulum}}'' | ||
| + | *{{en|Curzio Malaparte}}, ''La pelle'' | ||
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===Science fiction=== | ===Science fiction=== | ||
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*{{en|Arthur C. Clarke}} , ''{{en|Rendezvous with Rama}}'' / ''{{en|Childhood's End}}'' / ''{{en|The city and the stars}}'' | *{{en|Arthur C. Clarke}} , ''{{en|Rendezvous with Rama}}'' / ''{{en|Childhood's End}}'' / ''{{en|The city and the stars}}'' | ||
*{{en|Ray Bradbury}} , ''{{en|Martian Chronicles}}'' | *{{en|Ray Bradbury}} , ''{{en|Martian Chronicles}}'' | ||
*{{en|Clifford D. Simak}} , ''City'' | *{{en|Clifford D. Simak}} , ''City'' | ||
*{{en|Isaac Asimov}} , ''{{en|The Gods Themselves}}'' | *{{en|Isaac Asimov}} , ''{{en|The Gods Themselves}}'' | ||
| + | *{{en|George Orwell}} , ''{{en|1984}}'' | ||
| + | *{{en|Olaf Stapledon}} , ''{{en|Last and First Men}}'' | ||
| + | *{{en|H.P. Lovecraft}}, ''{{en|The call of Cthulhu}}'' | ||
| + | *{{en|Poul Anderson}}, ''{{en|Tau Zero}}'' | ||
==Poetry== | ==Poetry== | ||
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*{{en|Emily Dickinson}} | *{{en|Emily Dickinson}} | ||
*{{en|Charles Bukowski}} | *{{en|Charles Bukowski}} | ||
| + | *{{en|Fernando Pessoa}} | ||
==Non fiction== | ==Non fiction== | ||
| + | ===Science=== | ||
| + | [[File:Richard-dawkins.jpg|thumb|200px|If you disagree with this guy, you are probably wrong.]] | ||
*{{en|Richard Dawkins}} , pretty much everything | *{{en|Richard Dawkins}} , pretty much everything | ||
| + | *{{en|Stephen Jay Gould}}, ''{{en|Wonderful Life}}'' | ||
*{{en|Oliver Sacks}} , ''{{en|The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat}}'' | *{{en|Oliver Sacks}} , ''{{en|The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat}}'' | ||
*{{en|John D. Barrow}} , ''The World within the World'' / ''Theories of Everything'' / ''Pi in the Sky'' | *{{en|John D. Barrow}} , ''The World within the World'' / ''Theories of Everything'' / ''Pi in the Sky'' | ||
| + | *{{en|Douglas Hofstadter}} , ''{{en|Goedel, Escher, Bach}}'' | ||
| + | *{{en|Peter Woit}}, ''{{en|Not even wrong}}'' | ||
| + | *{{en|Brian Greene}} , ''{{en|The elegant universe}}'' | ||
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| + | ===Philosophy=== | ||
| + | *{{en|Friederich Nietzsche}}, pretty much everything | ||
*{{en|Ludwig Wittgenstein}} , ''{{en|Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus}}'' | *{{en|Ludwig Wittgenstein}} , ''{{en|Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus}}'' | ||
*{{en|Emile Cioran}} , pretty much everything | *{{en|Emile Cioran}} , pretty much everything | ||
| + | *{{en|Peter Singer}}, ''Practical Ethics'' | ||
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| + | ===Politics/History=== | ||
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| + | * Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, ''The Communist Manifesto'' | ||
| + | * Duccio Balestracci, ''Terre ignote strana gente. Storie di viaggiatori medioevali'' | ||
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| + | ====Radical right==== | ||
| + | While being pretty much a left-leaning liberal, I have a long standing fascination with the history, mythology and complexity of the ideologies of the radical right. I see it as an exceptional window on the irrational, identitarist and primeval components of human culture, and as a cultural phenomenon which hasn't been studied with the due attention so far. | ||
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| + | * Domenico Di Tullio, ''Centri sociali di Destra'' | ||
| + | * Nicola Rao, ''La fiamma e la celtica'' | ||
| + | * Ugo Maria Tassinari, ''Fascisterie'' / ''Naufraghi'' | ||
==Comics== | ==Comics== | ||
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| + | * {{en|Alan Moore}} & {{en|Dave Gibbons}} , ''{{en|Watchmen}}'' | ||
| + | * {{en|Alan Moore}} & {{en|Kevin O'Neill}}, ''{{en|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen}}'' | ||
| + | * {{en|Garth Ennis}} & {{en|Steve Dillon}} , ''{{en|Preacher}}'' | ||
| + | * {{en|Sydney Jordan}}, ''{{en|Jeff Hawke}}'' | ||
| + | * {{en|Randall Munroe}} , ''{{en|xkcd}}'' | ||
| + | * David Malki, ''{{en|Wondermark}}'' | ||
| + | * {{en|Tove Jansson}} , ''{{en|Moomin}}'' | ||
| + | * Dr.Pira , ''Gatto Mondadory e il Telefonino Fatato'' | ||
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| + | {{personal}} | ||
[[Category:Personal]] | [[Category:Personal]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:57, 13 January 2014
This is a list of my favourite books, in constant progress, in no particular order. (See also book suggestions of stuff I haven't read but my friends say I should)
Contents
Novels
- Dante Alighieri . Divine Comedy
- Jorge Luis Borges , Ficciones / The Aleph / A Universal History of Infamy
- Robert Musil , The Man Without Qualities
- Gustave Flaubert , Madame Bovary
- Jonathan Littell , The Kindly Ones
- Franz Kafka , The Trial / all short novels
- Hermann Melville , Moby Dick
- Jose Saramago , Baltasar and Blimunda
- Vladimir Nabokov , Lolita
- Giovanni Verga , I Malavoglia
- Predrag Matvejević , Breviario Mediterraneo
- Umberto Eco , Foucault's Pendulum
- Curzio Malaparte , La pelle
Science fiction
- Arthur C. Clarke , Rendezvous with Rama / Childhood's End / The city and the stars
- Ray Bradbury , Martian Chronicles
- Clifford D. Simak , City
- Isaac Asimov , The Gods Themselves
- George Orwell , 1984
- Olaf Stapledon , Last and First Men
- H.P. Lovecraft , The call of Cthulhu
- Poul Anderson , Tau Zero
Poetry
- Eugenio Montale , Le Occasioni / Ossi di seppia
- Milo de Angelis
- Emily Dickinson
- Charles Bukowski
- Fernando Pessoa
Non fiction
Science
- Richard Dawkins , pretty much everything
- Stephen Jay Gould , Wonderful Life
- Oliver Sacks , The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
- John D. Barrow , The World within the World / Theories of Everything / Pi in the Sky
- Douglas Hofstadter , Goedel, Escher, Bach
- Peter Woit , Not even wrong
- Brian Greene , The elegant universe
Philosophy
- Friederich Nietzsche , pretty much everything
- Ludwig Wittgenstein , Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
- Emile Cioran , pretty much everything
- Peter Singer , Practical Ethics
Politics/History
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
- Duccio Balestracci, Terre ignote strana gente. Storie di viaggiatori medioevali
Radical right
While being pretty much a left-leaning liberal, I have a long standing fascination with the history, mythology and complexity of the ideologies of the radical right. I see it as an exceptional window on the irrational, identitarist and primeval components of human culture, and as a cultural phenomenon which hasn't been studied with the due attention so far.
- Domenico Di Tullio, Centri sociali di Destra
- Nicola Rao, La fiamma e la celtica
- Ugo Maria Tassinari, Fascisterie / Naufraghi
Comics
- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons , Watchmen
- Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill , The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon , Preacher
- Sydney Jordan , Jeff Hawke
- Randall Munroe , xkcd
- David Malki, Wondermark
- Tove Jansson , Moomin
- Dr.Pira , Gatto Mondadory e il Telefonino Fatato
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