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Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

11 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

3.5bela's review
fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

Franny and Zooey

J.D. Salinger

202 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

4.0bela's review
fiction classics literary short stories reflective 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

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0bela's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell

Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

Jenny Odell

366 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0bela's review
nonfiction business science sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt

The English Understand Wool

Helen DeWitt

69 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0bela's review
fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

The Six Deaths of the Saint

Into Shadow #3

Alix E. Harrow

30 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.5bela's review
fiction fantasy short stories adventurous dark medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bela's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

These Precious Days

Ann Patchett

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0bela's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

3.5bela's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

311 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

3.25bela's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced