I’m all over the place, but like really thick and layered works.
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I’ve been an avid reader for years, and gradually I began to realize that many books such as you describe were burdened with a great deal of unimportant verbiage before the author finally got to the point. Consequently, almost without being conscious of it, I gravitated away from such tomes and came to favor shorter works that I can read in a couple of evenings. Of course, I’m aware that many of the world’s greatest books are as you’ve described.
Agreed, it’s a fun experience to go from “big baggy monster” reads to something straight to the point like Meditations by Aurelius.