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“I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.”
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The History Book Club
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"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
Tech-history and future
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— last activity Jan 21, 2019 07:11PM
Books about tech and how we got here combined with future looking books about where we might be going
ATXSciRead--Austin's Science + Nature Book Club
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— last activity Jan 16, 2019 05:42PM
The Austin Texas Science Writers, known as ATXSciWri, invites lovers of science and nature writing to join the newest BookPeople book club, ATXSciRead ...more
Quake books I wish someone had recommend to me
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— last activity Apr 29, 2019 09:33PM
A "Quake book" is something I stole from Tyler Cowen. Basically, it's any book that after reading your life can no longer be the same. Something funda ...more
Effective Altruists
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Recommend books, see what other people are reading, start a discussion, what have you. N.B. This group is not actively moderated and doesn't have any ...more
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