Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, along with Seneca’s Letters and Epictetus’ Discourses, is one of the three major Stoic works that have survived to our time. Of the three, I like it the least. It is less rigorous than Epictetus and less practical than Seneca. It is written in a more flowery and poetic style, with themes often repeating themselves, and the verses are not always interconnected.
I would recommend reading a version that provides more explanations of the verses rather than the Reclam edition, which only offers footnotes. If you’re starting with Stoicism, begin with Epictetus’ Discourses.

I have not yet finished reading it, as it’s a web novel that is continuously updated, but I still added it here, in case I forget about it. This novel does so many aspects well. Oftentimes, when you read novels, you wonder why the author even added this gimmick or trope because it’s not properly utilized. This is, for example, often the case with isekai novels, where isekai is used as a cheap trick to make the protagonist more relatable, instead of what it should really be— a second chance (the anime/novel Mushoku Tensei does this, for example, well). The same is true for regression. In this novel, the regression trope is expertly utilized. What makes regression great? Allowing the reader to see how situations in the story might differ if the protagonist had handled them in another way. This is exactly done by the framing of the novel, in which the novel is a diary for the protagonist, where he tells various stories from his life.
In addition to this, the author incorporates other tropes/clichés and memes from the zeitgeist very well and creatively. My favorite example for this is when the protagonist convinces a bunch of communist fairies to work as his supermarket (they all wear uniforms that consist of t-shirts with the face of Che Guevara printed on them) by promising them that, through this way, they can “bring the word of communism to the brethren of all nations.” Another plus point is that it incorporates a recent hobby of mine—philosophy. From simple namedrops (such as the friend of the protagonist being called Schopenhauer, referencing the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer or Wittgenstein) to parodies of philosophical positions (such as communism with the fairies).
My favorite arcs so far are Internationalist and Breakdown, which you can find starting at chapter 15 and 86, respectively.

Children of Dune is the third installment in the Dune series and a sequel to Dune Messiah. It’s a fun book to read—I liked the direction it took, especially the final confrontation where all the characters meet up. Though I read the book a bit hastily, I think reading it more carefully would have given the dialogue and poetry much more meaning. Certain chapters were a bit boring, but that’s the nature of novels with multiple character points of view. Sometimes, you end up reading about a character in a situation you like less and just keep thinking, “When are we going back to the interesting points of view?”
Besides that, I loved what they did with the Preacher figure. I wonder if the author drew inspiration from Jesus for that character?