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The Vigilante by John Steinbeck

The Vigilante

Penguin Modern #18

John Steinbeck

54 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

3.75decent's review
fiction classics short stories dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
The End by Samuel Beckett

The End

Penguin Modern #26

Samuel Beckett

55 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

3.25decent's review
fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

645 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0decent's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time by C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky

Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time

C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0decent's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry by Michael Ignatieff

Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry

Michael Ignatieff

187 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.0decent's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics informative reflective medium-paced
Succession: Season 2 - The Complete Scripts by Jesse Armstrong

Succession: Season 2 - The Complete Scripts

Jesse Armstrong

784 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0decent's review
fiction contemporary play
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

179 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

3.75decent's review
fiction classics science fiction dark funny fast-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0decent's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

4.0decent's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

1079 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0decent's review
fiction literary challenging funny sad slow-paced