I gave Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations a go and gave up around half way. Maybe if I knew the historical context it would seem more profound?

I enjoyed Three Body Problem a lot more than I thought I would. That was probably the best book I read in 2025.

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bencornia 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I also read Meditations this year. Definitely not what I was expecting. It's not cohesive at all. My biggest takeaways were the inevitability of death and generally letting go of our sense of control.

	▲	elric 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Expecting it to be "cohesive" seems like an odd thing, considering it's literally a bunch of musings & meditations which were taken from a man's private journal. I've found many of the individual musings to be quite interesting. In particular the ones that relate to perception (my own biggest pitfall).

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vtomole 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Which version did you read? I read this one: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Classics-Hardcove..., which provides a lot of context. Here are my thoughts on it: https://vtomole.com/blog/2025/12/14/aurelius

	▲	criddell 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The Gregory Hays book.

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shmoe 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Did you read the rest of the 3 body problem books? Some of the best scifi i've read in a looong time for sure.

	▲	criddell 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, not yet. I only recently found out there was more.