I’m currently reading a book called Shoeless Joe which is the book that inspired Field of Dreams. As a big baseball fan it was a must read for me, plus I wasn’t aware it was based on a book until a few years ago.
I finished the Little House books. Always wanted to read them and found them at a flea market. My grandmother loved the show and as a kid I didn’t care about it but as an adult I love it. Always at least a few episodes in my DVR.
Currently on the third book in a series called Dungeon Crawler Carl. It's like a DnD type adventure saga following one man. Pretty fun!
I'm relistening to DCC Book 2 audiobook now, having finished the series to date at Book 7. It was a friend's recommendation and I was very unsure at first, getting strong reddit vibes, but by the crazy ending of Book 2 it was pointless pretending that it hadn't won me over. Carl himself, his basedness and frustration with the whole scenario, is the glue which holds the narrative together and it's what is too conspicuously absent from any other isekai-type or videogame-world story I've encountered. I've gone as far as saying it basically solves these genres. What could come across as ideological messaging, through the game AI's satirising of earth customs, has a shield of plausible deniability since Carl himself hates the game and dismisses all the constructed scenarios as bullshit alien propaganda.
It's also impressive how the author manages to keep increasing the stakes and scenarios from one seemingly inescapable situation to the next. It only gets nuttier as it goes on.
It is a bit redditor that's maybe my biggest complaint, but it's overshadowed by the rest. I've been loving the iron tangle of book 3 so far.