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54 books

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

184 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

Hannah Arendt

11 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

Jonathan Haidt

297 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology self help informative reflective slow-paced
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

450 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

missing page info • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton

Thinking with Type

Ellen Lupton

176 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
nonfiction art design informative slow-paced
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

The Color of Magic

Discworld #1

Terry Pratchett

277 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995 by Christopher Hitchens, Joe Sacco

Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995

Christopher Hitchens, Joe Sacco

240 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
nonfiction comics history informative reflective sad medium-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

263 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0thewordshaker's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced