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- You're not missing out. If anything, you have a good habit in not consuming literary or theatrical entertainment, these things just waste time and don't provide any benefits beyond temporary distraction and possibly a larger vocabulary.
With that said, if you're going to consume fiction, here are some authors that you probably won't regret reading (in no particular order, and by no means exhaustive): Ursula le Guin, C.J. Cherryh, Stanislaw Lem, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Ed Dodge, Gene Wolfe, Robert Heinlein, R. Scott Bakker, Terry Pratchett, Isaac Asimov, Upton Sinclair, R.A. Lafferty, Walter M. Miller Jr., Dan Simmons, Albert Camus, Roger Zelazny, Kurt Vonnegut, C.S. Forester, Diana Wynne Jones, Russel Hoban, Iain Banks, Peter S. Beagle, Peter Watts, Tanith Lee, Vernor Vinge
- Here is my list from 2015:
1. Mark Derby: England my England
2. Bill Messenger: Elements of Jazz [great courses]
3. David Mamet: GlenGary Glen Ross
4. Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Pluto Files
5. Elizabeth Vandiver: The Illiad by Homer [great courses]
6. Elizabeth Vandiver: The Odyssey by Homer [great courses]
7. Elizabeth Vandiver: The Aeneid by Virgil [great courses]
8. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Liszt - His Life and Music [great courses]
9. David Christian: Big History [great courses]
10. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Robert and Clara Schumann - Their Lives and Music [great courses]
11. Steven Novella: Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills [great courses]
12. Ramesh Menon (Veda Vyasa): Mahabharatha
13. Mark W. Muesse: Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation [great courses]
14. J.K. Rowling: Book 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
15. J.K. Rowling: Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
16. Steven Pressfield: The War of Art
17. Barnaby Conrad, Monte Schulz: Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life
18. J.K. Rowling: Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
19. Ramesh Menon (Veda Vyasa): Siva Puranam
20. Professor Allen C. Guelzo, Professor Gary W. Gallagher, Professor Patrick N. Allitt: The History of the United States, 2nd Edition [great courses]
21. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Brahms - His Life and Music [great courses]
22. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Tchaikovsky - His Life and Music [great courses]
23. Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni: The Palace of Illusions
24. J.K. Rowling: Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
25. Austin Kleon: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
26. Stephen King: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft
27. David McCullough: 1776
28. Prof. Roy Benaroch: Medical School for Everyone [great courses]
29. J.K. Rowling: Book 5: Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
30. Siddartha Mukherjee: The Emperor Of All Maladies
31. J.K. Rowling: Book 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
32. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Shostakovich - His Life and Music [great courses]
33. J.K. Rowling: Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
34. Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries [great courses]
35. Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli: Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
36. Shurnyu Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
37. William Shirer: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
38. Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies
39. Stephen Greenblatt: The Swerve: How the world became modern
40. Professor Andrew R. Wilson: The Art of War [great courses]
41. Prof. Jennifer Paxton: 1066: The Year That Changed Everything [great courses]
42. Prof. Sherwin B. Nuland: Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography [great courses]
43. Sun Tzu: The Art of War
44. Prof. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Mahler - His Life and Music [great courses]
45. Prof. Seth Lerer: The Life and Writings of John Milton [great courses]
46. Prof. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Stravinsky - His Life and Music [great courses]
47. Stephen Guise: Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results
48. J.R.R. Tokien: Hobbit
49. George Orwell: Animal Farm
50. Prof. Seth Freeman: The Art of Negotiating the Best Deal [great courses]
51. Ram Dass: Be Here Now
52. Prof. Gregory S. Aldrete: The Decisive Battles of World History [great courses]
53. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 1: Genghis: Birth of an Empire
54. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 2: Genghis: Lords of the Bow
55. Prof. Frederick Gregory: History of Science 1700-1900 [great courses]
56. Prof. Indre Viskontas: 12 Essential Scientific Concepts [great courses]
57. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 3: Genghis: Bones of the Hill
58. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 4: Khan: Empire of Silver
59. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 5: Conqueror
60. Prof. Robert Hazen: Origin and Evolution of Earth [great courses]
61. Mark Forsyth: Elements of Eloquence
62. Prof. Patrick Allitt: Industrial Revolution [great courses]
63. Ramesh Menon (Valmiki): Ramayana
64. Prof. John McWhorter: Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage [great courses]
65. Dava Sobel: Longtitude
66. Prof. Robert Hazen: Origins of Life [great courses]
67. Prof. Daniel Robinson: The Great Ideas of Psychology [great courses]
68. Tracy Kidder: The Soul of a New Machine
69. Prof. Garrett Fagan: History of Ancient Rome [great courses]
70. Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five
71. Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
72. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
73. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 1: Pudhu Vellam [apple music]
74. Upton Sinclair : The Jungle
75. John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
76. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 2: Suzhar Kaatru [apple music]
77. Karl Marx, Friedrich Engles: Manifesto of the Communist Party
78. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 3: KoduVaal [apple music]
79. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 4: Mani Magudam [apple music]
80. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 5: Thiyaga Sigaram [apple music]
81. Kalki: Parthiban Kanavu [apple music]
82. Hugh Howey: Wool [Silo Series : Book 1 of 3]
83. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 1: Boogambam [apple music]
84. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 2: Kanchi Mutrugai [apple music]
85. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 3: Bhikshuvin Kadhal [apple music]
86. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 4: Sidhaindha Kanavu [apple music]
87. Thomas Sterner: The Practising Mind
88. don Miguel Ruiz: The Fifth Agreement
89. Prof. Jonah Berger: How Ideas Spread [great courses]
90. Prof. Robert Sapolsky: Being Human [great courses]
91. Michio Kaku: Einstein's Cosmos
92. Guy Kawasaki: Art of the Start 2.0
93. Edward Dolnick: Clockwork Universe
94. Prof. John Medina: Your Best Brain [great courses]
95. Sherman Alexie: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
96. Prof. Thad Polk: Addictive Brain [great courses]
97. Jeff Kinney: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
98. Prof. Scott Huettel: Behavioral Economics [great courses]
99. Rob Walling: Start Small, Stay Small
100. Ernest Hemmingway: Old Man and the Sea
101. Prof. Robert Greenberg: Brief History of Holiday Music [great courses]
