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I enjoy reading but don’t want to read woke stuff. I’ve read “ Mine were of trouble” about a Nationalist fighting against the commies in the Spanish civil war. “Storm of Steel” about a WW1 German soldier. Currently reading “Blood Red Snow” about a German soldier on the Eastern Front. All those are nonfiction. I plan to read Cross of Iron, Imperium, and The Outlaws next. Also want to try to add some nonfiction and philosophy and pretty much everything. I want knowledge and wisdom, and want to be so well versed I can pass it on to my future kids.

What books do you recommend? And genre, fiction or nonfiction. Also, do you prefer print books or ebooks?

Knowledge is the one thing no one can take away.

I enjoy reading but don’t want to read woke stuff. I’ve read “ Mine were of trouble” about a Nationalist fighting against the commies in the Spanish civil war. “Storm of Steel” about a WW1 German soldier. Currently reading “Blood Red Snow” about a German soldier on the Eastern Front. All those are nonfiction. I plan to read Cross of Iron, Imperium, and The Outlaws next. Also want to try to add some nonfiction and philosophy and pretty much everything. I want knowledge and wisdom, and want to be so well versed I can pass it on to my future kids. What books do you recommend? And genre, fiction or nonfiction. Also, do you prefer print books or ebooks? Knowledge is the one thing no one can take away.

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I’ve tried reading Old Country but his writing style threw me off. He doesn’t use quotation marks and things like that. Maybe I’ll try again.

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It’s a harder read than No Country tbh, makes up some words and things. Also, really helps if you’ve read Moby Dick and Paradise Lost before Blood Meridian. Yeah the writing style is a little unusual, inspired by Joyce according to McCarthy, and being Irish I’ve been well exposed to Joyce so never had trouble with McCarthy.

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Maybe I’ll read those first and try coming back to McCarthy then. Especially since he is always recommended.