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So, what have you been reading recently? | ๐ Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, February 1st, 2026
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Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic.
Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy. Some recollections of the historical figure of Hadji Murad, an Avar resistance leader during the caucasus war against imperial Russia who eventually defects to Russia. It's an interesting read, a bit niche but it shows the disdain Tolstoy himself had against Nicholas I and the atrocities committed by the army, my favorite chapter was one where we see the POV of the tsar and Tolstoy depicts him as an idiot with basically unlimited power and a group of sycophant yes men around him, kinda funny and eerily reminds me of Trump.
America, America a New history of the new world by Greg Gandrin (just started)
I think i am gonna pick up some of the books recommended by J.W. Mason here: https://jwmason.org/slackwire/2025-books-part-1/ , The corporation in the 21st century sounds interesting.