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Animal Farm, along with 1984 and Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell is a must read as a part of anyone’s education

 

If you can get hold of the audiobook narrated by Stephen Fry, it will add to your experience!

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Btw, talking about books, I usually get books on Kindle (now 240+ books) and Audible (probably around 30 audiobooks).
 

Physical copies, I tend to get of special editions and from vendors such as Folio Society. However, a couple of weeks ago, I was in a mall near my home in India. Came across Crossword, which reconnected my memories of buying books from there so picked up Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. And just finished reading it!

 

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1 hour ago, Mariyam said:

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Murakami fan here. :icflove:

 

I would recommend Kafka on the shore and What I talk about when I talk about running. 
My favourite Murakami books!


I have The Wind-up Bird Chronicle’s audiobook. I have briefly delved into it. Will try finish it soon and also look into the two you mentioned. 
 

Other Japanese authors’ audiobooks that I have (not listened to them yet but I got them as I liked the films) - The Remains of the Day and Bullet Train. 
 

Thinking about listening to Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain (have its audiobook which is narrated nicely by David Rintoul) and maybe Buddenbrooks (also narrated by David Rintoul). 

 

 

PS The Magic Mountain audiobook preview

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Remember reading Animal Farm a long time ago and it being a satire on communism. Loved the book and tried reading 1984 but never found the enthusiasm to finish it.

 

Now I mostly read Non fiction. Some of the best non fiction books I read.

 

Stiff by Mary Roach - A funny book on what happens to human cadavers(dead bodies) after they are donated to science,medicine and beyond and their uses.

 

Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kanheman about cognitive psychology, human biases and decision making.

 

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely : Similar to Thinking fast and slow. Interesting read.

 

The Emperor of all Maladies by Sidhartha Mukherjee about the biography of cancer and where we stand with respect to curing cancer at present and all the possible advancements in future.

 

Not the End of the world by Hannah Ritchie: This book was published in 2024 and unlike all the climate doomsayers this book presents a balanced perspective on climate change with data driven analysis well supported by nice infographics. She is the head of the infographics website "Our World in Data" which some of their images is posted on our site in the infographics thread.

 

The elephant in our brain: The hidden motives of Everyday life

 

Thought provoking book on the hidden motivations driving unconscious human behaviour

 

The Psychology of money by Mogan Housel

 

Another great book which offers timeless lessons on money greed and happiness. He also posts beautiful articles on his blog which I sometimes follow.

 

Remember Shilpa Shetty getting trolled for recommending Animal farm to children in a news paper.

 

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10 minutes ago, Tillu said:

 

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely : Similar to Thinking fast and slow. Interesting read.


I recall reading it a long time ago, maybe in the 2000s. I think its hardcover version would still be in my library. 
 

 

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10 hours ago, zen said:


I recall reading it a long time ago, maybe in the 2000s. I think its hardcover version would still be in my library. 
 

 

 

Of course you don't time as these days you spend most of the time spamming all threads with your partner taling about monkeys. 

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Just now, coffee_rules said:

 

Of course you don't time as these days you spend most of the time spamming all threads with your partner taling about monkeys. 


I read two books already - Norwegian Wood and Animal Farm. 
 

Now I am listening to one of the books that Mary suggested “What I talk about …”. It is only 4 1/2 hours long.

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On 10/15/2024 at 11:47 AM, Tillu said:

Remember reading Animal Farm a long time ago and it being a satire on communism.

 

 

The work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half

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25 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

The work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half

 

It's been a long time since I read the book that I don't even remember most of what I read. You seem to to still remember a lot of quotes though.:cantstop:

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39 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

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Why audio books? Why not just read the book? Animal Farm is a small book.

 

I agree its better to read the book in paperback format or ebook format. Both these formats are pretty useful to underline important quotes for future reference. I don't know if you could that with audiobooks.

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3 hours ago, Mariyam said:

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Why audio books? Why not just read the book? Animal Farm is a small book.


It depends on the narrator. If the narrator is good, I prefer the audiobook. A good narration can make even slow parts of a book relatively more interesting (I have Orwell books on Kindle too). Many times, the narration is done by actors. 
 

I like Stephen Fry. His Orwell audiobook has both Animal Farm and 1984. I also have the P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves Collection narrated by him. Listened to his book Mythos (also narrated by him) sometime back. 
 

Btw, at the moment, I have listened to half of Murakami’s “What I talk about …”.  And also reading Christie’s The Crooked House on Kindle.

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4 hours ago, Tillu said:

 

It's been a long time since I read the book that I don't even remember most of what I read. You seem to to still remember a lot of quotes though.:cantstop:

One of my favourites. Almost remember everything from this book. 

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1 hour ago, zen said:


It depends on the narrator. If the narrator is good, I prefer the audiobook. A good narration can make even slow parts of a book relatively more interesting (I have Orwell books on Kindle too). Many times, the narration is done by actors. 
 

I like Stephen Fry. His Orwell audiobook has both Animal Farm and 1984. I also have the P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves Collection narrated by him. Listened to his book Mythos (also narrated by him) sometime back. 
 

Btw, at the moment, I have listened to half of Murakami’s “What I talk about …”.  And also reading Christie’s The Crooked House on Kindle.

I haven't tried audiobooks yet. Let me give a light read/listen like something from PG Wodehouse and see how I like it.

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10 hours ago, Mariyam said:

I haven't tried audiobooks yet. Let me give a light read/listen like something from PG Wodehouse and see how I like it.

I have been sold Audio books by fellow ICFers and got scammed.  Audiobooks are not enjoyable like reading a book, The accent is irritating if it is a Brit accent. I wouldn't recommend Audio books for somebody who has not started yet  If you have time, enjoy reading, that brings in all the joy of imagination while reading, it is better than anything Audible. 

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11 hours ago, Mariyam said:

I haven't tried audiobooks yet. Let me give a light read/listen like something from PG Wodehouse and see how I like it.


I found the below on YT. It won’t have the features like the ability to pick chapters and quality (the recording could have noise for e.g. ) that is on a platform like Audible but you can give it a shot (if you like it and need better quality, you can go for it on Audible or equivalent): 


The Inimitable Jeeves

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