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Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully

Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy

Matthew Scully

448 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Death's End by Cixin Liu

Death's End

Remembrance of Earth's Past #3

Cixin Liu

608 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden

My Fourth Time, We Drowned

Sally Hayden

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction history politics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

496 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

160 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

612 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut

The MANIAC

Benjamín Labatut

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

24 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 1851 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced