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69 books

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

Maya Angelou

32 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
nonfiction classics feminism poetry emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

96 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
Things That Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations by John Cusack, Arundhati Roy

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations

John Cusack, Arundhati Roy

106 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
nonfiction essays history politics emotional reflective medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

158 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Space Between Worlds

The Space Between Worlds #1

Micaiah Johnson

327 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

Adulthood Rites

Xenogenesis #2

Octavia E. Butler

277 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory

The Murderbot Diaries #4.5

Martha Wells

20 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
fiction science fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Exit Strategy

The Murderbot Diaries #4

Martha Wells

163 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0mkmcelroy's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced