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Books that you think are great! Include a brief summary or write up about why you think this book is rad as hell.

Breaking in the topic with my standard recommendation for every person ever: Jaya by Devdutt Pattanaik is the best version of the Mahabharatha I've ever read, and if you're a fan of mythology, I'd highly recommend it. It's long, yes, but it's probably the most accessible book on Indian mythology I've ever read. Pattanaik has studied so many ancient texts and he does an amazing job of balancing the telling of the story with the incorporation of some of the deeper themes of the epic. I admit it's not strictly fiction - there's a lot of historical meta incorporated, and it reads more like an oral retelling of a story than a novel - but it's wildly interesting.

Basically I'm a huge fan and I need to read more of his work stat, but in the meantime, everyone should read this.

This sounds amazing? Mythology and historical shit are my jam. It also sounds like the kind of thing that would be great on audiobook, I will have to see if audible has it.

That does sound wonderful! On the to read list it goes, thanks!

Soooo if I wanted to read Star Wars EU books, which ones should I absolutely positively have to read?

Kael wrote: "Soooo if I wanted to read Star Wars EU books, which ones should I absolutely positively have to read?"

The Thrawn Trilogy is a great place to start since it was the start of the old EU.

This post also does a good job of corralling all the good parts of the EU since there is a lot of "avoid-at-all-costs" part as well.

Here's another post that has EU recs!

Thanks!