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100 books

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

Leonardo Da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

624 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction art biography history informative inspiring medium-paced
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

399 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech by William Deresiewicz

The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech

William Deresiewicz

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction art business music challenging informative slow-paced
Typography 32 by Type Directors Club

Typography 32

Type Directors Club

300 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction art design
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari

348 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

Somebody's Daughter

Ashley C. Ford

212 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

Kate Moore

560 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

222 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
nonfiction biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced
Getting Away: 75 Everyday Practices for Finding Balance in Our Always-On World by Jon Staff

Getting Away: 75 Everyday Practices for Finding Balance in Our Always-On World

Jon Staff

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0kristinshafel's review
informative inspiring slow-paced