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26 books

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

776 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0heavenlyspit's review
fiction historical literary speculative fiction challenging slow-paced
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

1079 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0heavenlyspit's review
fiction literary challenging funny sad slow-paced
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

Daniel Yergin

908 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0heavenlyspit's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times by Giovanni Arrighi

The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times

Giovanni Arrighi

416 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0heavenlyspit's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers

502 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0heavenlyspit's review
fiction literary emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World by Mike Davis

Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

Mike Davis

480 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0heavenlyspit's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced