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From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe

From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey

Pascal Khoo Thwe

336 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Spinoza Problem by Irvin D. Yalom

The Spinoza Problem

Irvin D. Yalom

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction history philosophy psychology informative slow-paced
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

George Orwell

286 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David Quammen

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions

David Quammen

702 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Uncommon Reader

Alan Bennett

120 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
fiction contemporary funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

The Bastard of Istanbul

Elif Shafak

360 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

Daniel Yergin

805 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction economics history adventurous informative medium-paced
On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship Between Life and Earth by Toby Tyrrell

On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship Between Life and Earth

Toby Tyrrell

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

Cordelia Fine

367 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction gender psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution

Mona Eltahawy

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0lavinia_reads's review
nonfiction feminism politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced