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125 books

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

544 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kōhei Saitō

Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto

Kōhei Saitō

10 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
nonfiction economics philosophy politics medium-paced
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Jonathan Blitzer

15 hours • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

9 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0kjoiiooi's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging by Lauren Markham

A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging

Lauren Markham

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
nonfiction history politics sociology medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space: Poems by Catherine Barnett

Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space: Poems

Catherine Barnett

88 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
nonfiction poetry
My Friends: A Novel by Hisham Matar

My Friends: A Novel

Hisham Matar

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
fiction literary emotional sad slow-paced
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

8 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0kjoiiooi's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced