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61 books

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande

209 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction business self help informative medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long by David Rock

Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

David Rock

246 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction business psychology self help informative medium-paced
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Joshua Foer

320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction psychology science self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

Best Served Cold

First Law World #1

Joe Abercrombie

536 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

American Gods

American Gods #1

Neil Gaiman

768 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

Altered Carbon

Takeshi Kovacs #1

Richard K. Morgan

375 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction mystery science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
His Dark Materials 3-Book Mass Market Paperback Boxed Set by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials 3-Book Mass Market Paperback Boxed Set

His Dark Materials #1-3

Philip Pullman

1088 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy middle grade young adult adventurous dark reflective fast-paced
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

711 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Cold Iron by Miles Cameron

Cold Iron

Masters & Mages #1

Miles Cameron

496 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0rossbm's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced