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Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton

Status Anxiety

Alain de Botton

314 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0jykr's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0jykr's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl, Dana MacKenzie

The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

Judea Pearl, Dana MacKenzie

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jykr's review
nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition by Thomas S. Kuhn

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

Thomas S. Kuhn

264 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

4.0jykr's review
nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Walden & Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

320 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)

4.0jykr's review
nonfiction classics essays philosophy reflective slow-paced
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

225 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.5jykr's review
nonfiction memoir nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

531 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jykr's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced