A Novel
by Max Barry
Recommended by Radhika Jones and Ted Lieu
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematicsat least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science. Students harness the hidden power of language to manipulate the mind and learn to break down individu...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
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Radhika Jones
“A bookstore had a sale on science fiction books. I brought Lexicon by @MaxBarry, first published in 2013. Just finished reading it. One of the best scifi books I have ever read. #SaturdayMotivation”
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 10 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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