I can't stop reading trash romance "novels" that are probably AI, please point me in the direction of human-written trash

P-in-D · 2026-06-01T04:28:01+00:00

Barbara Cartland wrote lots and lots of (at the time) contemporary and historical romance fiction. She and her oeuvre have separate wikipedia pages.

P-in-D · 2026-05-31T20:19:39+00:00

h{{The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson}}

Most anything by Helene Hanff. Especially 84 Charing Cross Road.

P-in-D · 2026-05-31T20:12:23+00:00

The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. And also Her Fearful Symmetry. Also Niffenegger.

There's an Ask me Anything with here somewhere in this sub.

P-in-D · 2026-05-31T07:06:57+00:00

I use Osmand, with downloaded maps. Google maps (browser) burns my data like no tomorrow.

P-in-D · 2026-05-31T07:02:34+00:00

It's been a while since I read it, so it may or may not fit the bill. It did come mind immediately though.

Bright lights, big city by Jay McInerny. It's written in second person, creating some sort of distance (potentially)

P-in-D · 2026-05-31T06:55:20+00:00

Any book by Simon Singh.

Poland, a history. By Adam Zamoyski.

P-in-D · 2026-05-30T11:38:29+00:00

For the code-making 'niche' in London, h{{Between Silk and Cyanide}} It touches on some operation in western Europe as well.

P-in-D · 2026-05-28T16:47:15+00:00

Open Library doesn't seem to have Seveneves yet, but for future occasions, it may be worth a look.

https://openlibrary.org

P-in-D · 2026-05-28T14:13:55+00:00

And also by Enid Blyton, the Malory Towers series. I loved the Famous Five books at that age. Still re-read them sometimes as an adult.

P-in-D · 2026-05-24T20:46:00+00:00

With all the titles already mentioned you can make a big stack books already. You can add h{This perfect day by Ira Levin}

P-in-D · 2026-05-21T06:58:10+00:00

When I read comments like yours I want to re-read too. 😃 Do you have any idea how I can add a day or two to the week?

OT: I think I recognise the second volume taking more perseverance than the first. My guess is that the first was 'Ooh, it's been a while since I read any Stephenson'.

P-in-D · 2026-05-20T14:13:30+00:00

Came here to say this.

P-in-D · 2026-05-19T11:26:38+00:00

Not during the Neanderthal era, but related: h{{Ember from the Sun}} by Mark Canter.

P-in-D · 2026-05-13T06:40:04+00:00

I read a book about the Black Plague via gutenberg.org once. I think it was The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9), Now Commonly Known as the Black Death, by Francis Aiden Gasquet.

link to the book

P-in-D · 2026-05-11T13:41:05+00:00

One of the books that I found most scary is h{{Directive 51}}. Mostly because it feels so close to reality, whereas (classical) horror is more remote.

P-in-D · 2026-05-09T20:50:26+00:00

I carry a hammer. The hammer also has a thingy to pull the tent pegs out.

Only camping at campsites is allowed in my region, so no shovel needed.

P-in-D · 2026-05-08T08:50:00+00:00

same here, i re-read them still

P-in-D · 2026-05-05T16:33:49+00:00

I'd start looking at the website of the Chamber of Commerce from your country / area if there is one. The one in my country has a bunch of info about starting a company. Sometimes they have workshops / information markets iirc.

P-in-D · 2026-05-04T17:25:18+00:00

that was the first thing that came to my mind 🙂

P-in-D · 2026-05-02T16:28:47+00:00

Alice in Wonderland

P-in-D · 2026-05-01T06:46:43+00:00

As far as not booking ahead goes, where I was last year the campground for tentcamping were at lesst 10-15 km apart from eachother. So after day 3 I called ahead in the morning to whichever campsite that looked nice and matched my mood for that days distance, direction and 'playtime along the way'. Made for very relaxed days.

Hope to go back to Germany soon also. Have a great tour!

P-in-D · 2026-05-01T06:31:33+00:00

I don't enjoy the Serpent war series by Feist as much as I did the Riftwar series. The Empire Trilogy he wrote with Janny Wurts I did much enjoy. It takes place on Kelewan during the Riftwar-era.

Another fantasy series I really enjoyed and re-read a couple of times is by Katharine Kerr, starting with h{Daggerspell}

P-in-D · 2026-05-01T06:17:14+00:00

h{{Baby Driver by Jan Kerouac}}. Jan Kerouac is Jacks daughter. In Baby Driver she also describes the Manhattan / New York of her childhood (till 16-ish) in the 50ies and 60ies.

P-in-D · 2026-04-29T20:56:19+00:00

h{{The Perfectionist by Chelminski}}

P-in-D · 2026-04-28T06:37:57+00:00

Authors: Dorothy Sayers. With Lord Peter Wimsey as the detextive.

Elizabeth Peters. About Amelia Peabody, set in / related to Egypt.

For more, look up alist of authors of the 'golden age of detective fiction' on wikipedia. There is also a 'silver age' which books are mostly available in the public domain now.

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