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River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit

River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

Rebecca Solnit

320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman

The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

Elif Batuman

296 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction essays memoir challenging funny reflective slow-paced
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore

Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis

Al Gore

416 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction politics science challenging informative medium-paced
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson

Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste

33 1/3 #52

Carl Wilson

176 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction essays music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

1088 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction literary challenging funny sad slow-paced
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

Liaquat Ahamed

564 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction economics history informative slow-paced
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

672 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

The New York Trilogy

New York Trilogy #1-3

Paul Auster

308 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

A Thousand Acres

Jane Smiley

384 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins

The Forever War

Dexter Filkins

378 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced