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Welcome one and all to the Imgur Book Fair; your one-stop shop for all things book-related.
Books are so much more than the vessels for stories. They’re teachers and travelers, transcending time and space to bring us tales from times past, information from the other side of the world, or simply help us escape our daily troubles. This fair is looking to showcase everything we love about books; from their forms to their functions there’s something out there for everyone.
Whether it’s your current book, a useful reading accessory, a story that you’ve been working on, or a cherished book in your collection we encourage you to share it with the community!
(Featured: @BippityBoppityBoomshakalaka @Tuchbild @Caasi67 @FlowChad @tiareb03)
Take this time to share your appreciation for a certain story, or maybe a tool that got you back into books. It doesn’t matter if you simply like to look or are a hoarder of hard covers, stop on by and browse the fair for all sorts of book related goodies.
The Imgur Book Fair will be around from 4/7 to 4/9, and you can earn the Book Fair trophy by sharing a post to #books during that time. 10 lucky participants will get the chance to snag some Imgur themed stickers along the way.
We look forward to seeing everyone’s favorites at the fair!
Rachumz
The in death series by J.D. Robb, the wayward children series by seanan Mcguire. I've only read every heart a doorway and down among the sticks and bones so far but both were good. I also just started fourth wing by Rebecca Yarros
MultiFacets
Everyone should buy and read "Kowloon Generic Romance" by Jun Mayuzuki. It's a sci-fi trippy mystery that's keeping me guessing and I love every second of it. It's been so long since I got excited about something new, and this is worth every twist and turn and clue. <3
SpamYarBlockers
Love seeing imgur continue to do real community fostering initiatives like this
BippityBoppityBoomshakalaka
Can’t wait to see all the #shelfies and #shelflove!
imgur
We're looking forward to seeing everyone's posts as well!
RazielRenewed
Everyone should read Legends and Lattees by Travis Baldree and This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher.
WhatYouEgg4472
I haven't read the latter, but definitely a +1 for Legends and Lattes. Also the prequel, Bookshops and Bonedust!
oukid
“List of Most Commonly Challenged Books in the United States”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challenged_books_in_the_United_States
zeros000
My favourite "book" is My Vampire System, it's not even a book but it's the only thing I ever fully read out of enjoyment.
Adhamhnon
Might I have a moment of your time to talk about... it's not a cult I swear.
LittleDragon
Not a cult? Pfft. Not interested then. I want robes and secrets.
Resenate
I wrote a book! In fact it has a chapter on even more books to read.
It’s called “how not to be totally miserable” if you’re curious.
digitreal
https://media4.giphy.com/media/VcizxCUIgaKpa/200w.webp?cid=a57373e5cjcqkpdfk9ax5j0j0it5hrlkucx3keqf1zxdppxg&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.webp&ct=g
Whoevertore
This was my favorite as a kid
AlienJeffries81
I’ve read all the Discworld novels thanks to the good (and bad) people of Imgur. Thank you all!
Joebidens3rdtesticle
May Sir Terry Pratchett rest in peace, his books were a wonderful ride…
oukid
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https://www.globalgreyebooks.com
https://www.gutenberg.org
oukid
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https://www.fadedpage.com
https://freeditorial.com
https://www.classicallibrary.org/index.htm
https://www.planetebook.com
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
https://www.exclassics.com
https://standardebooks.org
https://www.wikibooks.org
ShadesOfBlue3836
The Velveteen Rabbit
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velveteen_Rabbit
LittleDragon
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is an amazing book.
HumanFromPlanetEarth
https://media1.giphy.com/media/131ygVmM85URQ4/200w.webp
LittleDragon
My mom created 2 coloring books. I promised her I would get them published. Not to make money but just to have her work actually published. But I have failed her. I checked out the Amazon self publishing color books but the paper they use is super cheap. I wanted to have her book published on good paper for coloring. Sorry. Rambling. It's late and I am fighting demons.
nisa9CorgiSmuggler
Turn the demons into a fiction book or science fiction and make money to support them.
UprootedGrunt
I quite enjoy all the Andy Weir books, but I highly recommend Project Hail Mary. It quickly became my go to book to read when I didn't have anything else active at the moment. The plot is something I feel is best experienced without previous bias, but if you're familiar with The Martin or Artemis at all, know that it is like those -- scifi of a speculative but (reasonably) accurate science-based near future.
oukid
George Orwell: 1984 (Free Download)
https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/nineteen-eighty-four-ebook.html
Sinclair Lewis: It Can’t Happen Here
https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20171242
Mamaof2QTs
During the height of the pandemic, the older family members, all widows, were lonely and depressed. The family put together a book club to give us an excuse to be on a zoom call.
It’s still going strong 4 years and 48 books later.
There are a lot of books I wouldn’t have picked, but every book changes you in a way.
This month, my pick was The Gift of Fear. It won’t be a fun light hearted read, but I know all the women in my family will be just a little bit safer with this pick.
albertapaws2000
Of making books there is no end.
My father's motto on a small plaque because he was a book seller. And very correct, it is in our nature to tell stories and commemorate them in writing.
legenunfiltered
I read his dark materials in middle school. In college(at 26) I saw a girl with the items tattooed on the back of her arm. I had to stop her and ask if it was what I thought it was. She was SO EXCITED to tell me ab it as I was the first person that had ever recognized what they were. Reading unites people.
Dazrin
That's a truth that needs to be repeated for emphasis: Reading unites people.
FlyingTigerRose
Reading unites people. Absolutely!
ShadesOfBlue3836
The Woman
(great book)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_(Hannah_novel)
rellufvenkle20245772
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CanuckleheadCan
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb. Read it years ago and still in my top 5.
Persistence8
Signing my book 'Fairhaven - A novel of Climate Optimism' at the Climate Governance Conference in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia https://lnkd.in/g89jHnvx
ShadesOfBlue3836
Good comments
wannasee
Archive.org has FREE downloadable books!!!
Kite Runner - https://archive.org/details/TheKiteRunnerPDF_201905<br>
To Kill a Mockingbird -
https://archive.org/details/to-kill-a-mockingbird_202107
The Handmaid's Tale-
https://archive.org/details/the-handmaids-tale_pdf
The Hate U Give -
https://archive.org/details/hateugive0000thom_u2p8
Braiding Sweetgrass:
https://archive.org/details/braiding-sweetgrass-indigenous-wisdom-scientific-knowledge-and-the-teachings-of-plants_202212
wannasee
Pedagogy of the Oppressed- PAULO FRIERE
https://archive.org/details/PedagogyOfTheOppressed-English-PauloFriere
wannasee
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Published in 1993, set in 2024-2026. Picture it..LA is on fire, a new president has been elected to gut the government, people are killing eachother and fleeing the US as refugees....
https://archive.org/download/Black-History-Month-Library-20210825/Butler%2C%20Octavia%20-%20Parable%20of%20the%20Sower.pdf
wannasee
1984 by George Orwell -
https://archive.org/download/NineteenEightyFour-Novel-GeorgeOrwell/orwell1984.pdf
wannasee
The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByPEVVDxiZXrVGxMaGI0NkdXTHM/edit?usp=sharing
wannasee
Graphic Novel
Maus - Art Spieglman
https://archive.org/details/maus_1-2_eng
Maus part II
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwJ8DKxJd6g3MG82V1gtbU1PQTQ/view?resourcekey=0-GqbuJNPTeoWWWTG7Kj7DDA
wannasee
Stamped From the Beginning - Ibram X Kendi
https://archive.org/details/kendi-stamped
WigglyBlondeNoodle
I so wish you could favorite and give accolades to comments. This is such good information.
wannasee
Thank you!
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Free Kite Runner??? Nice. I actually loved A Thousand Splendid Suns even more than Kite Runner. Beautiful writing
wannasee
All of these books are FREE and have been BANNED currently or repeatedly throughout the years. They ban a book but goodluck getting rid of the millions of electronic copies!!!
wannasee
A Thousand Splendid Suns -
https://ia902805.us.archive.org/1/items/athousandsplendidsun/A%20thousand%20splendid%20sun.pdf
Just for you!!
legenunfiltered
How do I save a comment
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ThrowAwayAcct0000
I love stories: books, tv, movies, audio dramas, plays, computer games: if it tells a story, I'm there. While I'm not super pumped about some recent allegations involving one of the writers, "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman is a fantastic read. Maybe just get a used copy.
LittleDragon
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time. (I have been tempted to get "who smiles all the time" as a tattoo)
ThrowAwayAcct0000
"The growl was a low, rumbling snarl of spring-coiled menace, the sort of growl that starts in the back of one throat and ends up in someone else’s.”
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Reading Vonnegut after college is what got me into reading for pleasure. Also nonfiction like Lies My Teacher Told Me and A People’s History of the United States.
Kids and work take most of my time but still manage 40-60 per year including some audiobooks.
spiderjohn36
Vonnegut is one of my favorites as well, though my favorite novel is Heller's Catch-22. Did you know Heller and Vonnegut were good friends? They did a joint interview with Playboy in the early 90s and it's one of the funniest, liveliest interviews I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Yes! I think they were both friends with John Irving too. I think Carl Sagan and Vonnegut were close too.
spiderjohn36
Vonnegut was one of Irving's instructors at the University of Iowa Writer's Program. In Irving's memoir, he talks about his love and respect for the man and his work. He recalls an episode when he confided to Vonnegut his worries about trying to earn a living as a writer. Vonnegut told him, 'I think capitalism is going to treat you alright."
Tiny
That's still an impressive count! I barely get through 5 books a year 😭
I really should read more Vonnegut, I only ever read his short stories while in school. Do you have any recommendations?
bitchesgetshitdone
Everything rec above is great but also I adore Bluebeard. Under the radar but I really fell in love with this one.
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Yeah Bluebeard is great too. Honestly it’s so hard to pick a favorite. One of the few authors where there’s really no bad novels by him. I usually send people to. Breakfast of Champions as an entry point because it’s the best example of his “fuck it” approach to writing norms.
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Ooooo I love them all so much. Breakfast of Champions is my favorite. Slaughterhouse Five is his biggest classic and a must. Mother Night and Cats Cradle are up there.
mustbethedragon
I got to have a conversation with Vonnegut!
OmNachoMama
Story time?
mustbethedragon
A professor of mine was his friend. Vonnegut was doing a reading near me, so I asked Marc for an intro. Kurt was gracious and kind. He introduced me to the attendees as the "smartest woman his friend ever had in class" - still one of the greatest compliments of my life. Fidgeted with an unlit Pall Mall the whole time. He ignored 150 people at the signing to speak with me in a side room for 15 minutes. His presence resonated resigned peace laced with a tinge of sadness. He was genuine.
OmNachoMama
That's a wonderful tale, thank you for sharing it!
alfmeister6227
My favourite book is Three Men in A Boat by Jerome K Jerome. Decades ago, we had an English teacher at school who brought this book alive. Every lesson he would read some more, and the voices he gave to the characters never fluctuated. He did something no other teacher managed to do. He really brought this book to life.
DonoraSmogger
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis hits on this.
alfmeister6227
I couldn’t say. Anything about the dog as I’ve never heard of it, or Connie either.
DonoraSmogger
To Say Nothing of the Dog is the subtitle of Three Men in a Boat. The book is a sci-fi telling of time travelers who go back to the times of the events of Three Men and was influenced by it. Really whimsical and funny.
alfmeister6227
It sounds interesting. The trouble is, I can’t get the thought of that teacher telling the story, as only he could or at least did. I wouldn’t want any to detract from how I remember things being. I guess I’m stuck in my ways.
DonoraSmogger
It was terrific, like everything else I read from Connie Willis, but I understand. You have a certain memory of the original and want to keep it that way.
Bunnies007
Three Men is such fun. If you like British humour from that period, then I suggest The Diary Of A Nobody by George and Wheedon Grossmith might be to your liking.
alfmeister6227
Thanks for that but I don’t read myself. That’s what makes this teachers storytelling so special. It’s not that I can’t read, but I struggle with my vision. I have heard of The Diary Of A Nobody and from what I’ve heard, it’s in a similar vein. British humour is pretty much all I know and fully appreciate get/understand.
SugaryBonemeal
Do you know why you struggle with your vision? Is it partial blindness, the wear and tear of age, or something like Irlin Syndrome?
alfmeister6227
It’s age related. I’ve been short sighted and wearing glasses for 60+ years and I’m waiting for cataract surgery having one in each eye. No driving for me either. Bummer!
SugaryBonemeal
Ah, my mum had cataract surgery a few years back and the difference for her was like night and day. I hope it works out for you! My sister also has some sight issues despite being an avid reader. She swapped to audio books a decade ago due to the eye strain, so that could be an option for you.
Goldensands
As a pervasive reader, as much as I also enjoy physically reading myself, audio books are one of joys if life.
OmNachoMama
It's terrible when there's a great story and a horrible narrator
Goldensands
Yeah that does really blow but it's (amazingly and joyfully) pretty rare these days. That said I chiefly read classical literature for which there's usually multiple options. But many new releases, like a good Andy Weir or Dennis E Taylor sci fi novel, or LOTR/GOT fantasy have great narrators.
OmNachoMama
There are some really incredible narrators! And they bring the stories to life so amazingly. Since I got my dog 3 years ago, I listen to audio books when I'm out with him which is about 3 hours a day. I also listen to then when I'm at the gym or pretty much anytime when I'm not working. I've gone through over 500 books in the past 3 years, and even repeated the ones that are amazing
Goldensands
Yup I barely leave the house without the sound isolating headset! What are some your repeat offenders? I've loved sci fi lately, Andy Weir and Dennis E Taylor's work is just such good, easy, stimulating joy. Lord knows I've listened to the LOTR and GOT books a lot as well.