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"Best" is always too hard - here are a handful that I love.

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke

The Crow Road - Iain Banks

Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett

Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Black Holes & Time Warps - Kip Thorne

The Inventions of Daedalus - David E H Jones

The Cuckoo's Egg - Cliff Stoll

I hope one or two of those float your boat!

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>The Cuckoo's Egg - Cliff Stoll

This is such a nerd-snipe book, I absolutely loved it. A personal account of one of the first cases of (attempted) military espionage via the internet? A system administrator thwarting intruders with his keys? Government agencies not knowing who's responsible for network-based intruders? Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club spying for the Soviets? Written by the Numberphile guy who's selling all those Acme Klein Bottles? Sign me up.

The author shows up here from time to time, too.

PS my New Year resolution was to "do" more (reading counted) and doom-scroll less. Not 100% on track, but where I managed it I've been much more cheerful for it. I hope you find some nice bedtime reading - I see a lot of other good books being recommended!

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