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35 books

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

Jorge Luis Borges

256 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction classics essays short stories reflective slow-paced
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet

I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

Souad Mekhennet

11 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history memoir politics reflective medium-paced
Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea by Shiraz Maher

Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea

Shiraz Maher

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda's Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda's Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright

576 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The City Always Wins by Omar Robert Hamilton

The City Always Wins

Omar Robert Hamilton

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Wendy Pearlman

6 hours • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng

A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke

Ronald Reng

400 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction biography sports emotional informative slow-paced
Þjáningarfrelsið– Óreiða hugsjóna og hagsmuna í heimi fjölmiðla by Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, Bára Hulda Beck, Auður Jónsdóttir
Þjáningarfrelsið– Óreiða hugsjóna og hagsmuna í heimi fjölmiðla
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Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, Bára Hulda Beck, Auður Jónsdóttir

Þjáningarfrelsið– Óreiða hugsjóna og hagsmuna í heimi fjölmiðla

Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, Bára Hulda Beck, Auður Jónsdóttir

456 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
medium-paced
Kláði by Fríða Ísberg

Kláði

Fríða Ísberg

197 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction short stories informative inspiring tense medium-paced