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18 books

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

103 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

248 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

The Forever War

The Forever War #1

Joe Haldeman

9 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Mark Fisher

81 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

bell hooks

6 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
nonfiction feminism gender psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

17 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

9 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover

Heroes Die

The Acts of Caine #1

Matthew Woodring Stover

535 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0porlarta's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense fast-paced