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Denise Bottmann

41 books

Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation and Other Essays

Susan Sontag

336 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

nonfiction art essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails

Sarah Bakewell

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

496 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said

Culture and Imperialism

Edward W. Said

380 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

63 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan by Rem Koolhaas

Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan

Rem Koolhaas

320 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction art challenging reflective slow-paced
Girl in the Dark: A Memoir of a Life Without Light by Anna Lyndsey

Girl in the Dark: A Memoir of a Life Without Light

Anna Lyndsey

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Godfather by Mario Puzo

The Godfather

The Godfather #1

Mario Puzo

595 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics crime thriller dark tense medium-paced
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Lawrence Wright

430 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging dark slow-paced
A History of Private Life, Volume V: Riddles of Identity in Modern Times by Philippe Ariès, Georges Duby, Gerard Vincent, Antoine Prost, Michelle Perrot

A History of Private Life, Volume V: Riddles of Identity in Modern Times

A History of Private Life #5

Philippe Ariès, Georges Duby, Gerard Vincent, Antoine Prost, Michelle Perrot

640 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced