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26 books

The Bet by Anton Chekhov

The Bet

Anton Chekhov

48 pages • first pub 1889 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
fiction classics short stories reflective fast-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Terminal Bar: A Photographic Record of New York's Most Notorious Watering Hole by Stefan Nadelman

Terminal Bar: A Photographic Record of New York's Most Notorious Watering Hole

Stefan Nadelman

175 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Michelle McNamara

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

317 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

184 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

Jonathan Haidt

297 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology self help informative reflective slow-paced
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
nonfiction science informative fast-paced
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

192 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0cwl's review
fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced