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The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain by David Shenk

The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain

David Shenk

352 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
The Dwarves by Markus Heitz

The Dwarves

Die Zwerge #1

Markus Heitz

736 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi

Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

Azar Nafisi

223 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction classics literary politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

The Diary of a Bookseller

The Diary of a Bookseller #1

Shaun Bythell

310 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

mkmcelroy's explanation
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted slow-paced
The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Jeff Schwager, Nancy Pearl

The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives

Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

mkmcelroy's explanation
nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books by Michael Dirda

Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books

Michael Dirda

246 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir informative reflective slow-paced
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Inheritance Trilogy #1

N.K. Jemisin

427 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Gearbreakers

Gearbreakers #1

Zoe Hana Mikuta

405 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

mkmcelroy's explanation
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced