What’s your audience like? A book club (presumed interest in books, but not significantly higher maturity or interest in rationality than baseline), a group of potential LW readers, some average teenagers?
The Martian (Andy Weir) would be a good choice for a book-club-level group- very entertaining to read and promotes useful values. Definitely not of the “awareness raising” genre, though.
If you think a greater than average amount of them would be interested in rationality, I’d consider spending some time on Ted Chiang’s work- only short stories at the moment, but very well received, great to read, and brings up some very good points that I’d bet most of your audience hasn’t considered.
Thank you for your help! I have edited my post with additional information. My audience is a general youth audience, think of promoting content to an entire high school, with “average teenagers” and people that might be more interested in content. Of course, some people will be more interested than others, so a wide variety of recommendations for different interest groups is better. I’m primarily looking for books that promote ethical/altruistic behavior, I’m not sure if any of your beforementioned recommendations do so.
HPMOR is an excellent choice.
What’s your audience like? A book club (presumed interest in books, but not significantly higher maturity or interest in rationality than baseline), a group of potential LW readers, some average teenagers?
The Martian (Andy Weir) would be a good choice for a book-club-level group- very entertaining to read and promotes useful values. Definitely not of the “awareness raising” genre, though.
If you think a greater than average amount of them would be interested in rationality, I’d consider spending some time on Ted Chiang’s work- only short stories at the moment, but very well received, great to read, and brings up some very good points that I’d bet most of your audience hasn’t considered.
Edit: Oh, also think about Speaker for the Dead.
Thank you for your help! I have edited my post with additional information. My audience is a general youth audience, think of promoting content to an entire high school, with “average teenagers” and people that might be more interested in content. Of course, some people will be more interested than others, so a wide variety of recommendations for different interest groups is better. I’m primarily looking for books that promote ethical/altruistic behavior, I’m not sure if any of your beforementioned recommendations do so.