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272 books

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

The End of Policing

Alex S. Vitale

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative medium-paced
The Science of Meditation: The expert guide to the neuroscience of mindfulness and how to harness it by Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson

The Science of Meditation: The expert guide to the neuroscience of mindfulness and how to harness it

Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson

309 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction health psychology science informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong

355 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Neither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities by Mahmood Mamdani

Neither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities

Mahmood Mamdani

416 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction crime politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

The Parisian

Isabella Hammad

576 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan

The Arsonists' City

Hala Alyan

454 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Ghassan Kanafani by Anni Kanafani

Ghassan Kanafani

Anni Kanafani

missing page info • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review