avolok's 5 starstar iconreads

55 books

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

480 pages • digital • 2024

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction history music informative reflective sad medium-paced
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

416 pages • paperback • 2023

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

102 pages • digital • 1979 user-added

5.0avolok's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

426 pages • paperback • 2010

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

6 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2022

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Roadside Picnic

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

209 pages • paperback • 1972

5.0avolok's review
fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman
—
Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

missing page info

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

712 pages • paperback • 2004

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction history politics informative tense slow-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

544 pages • paperback • 1965

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction autobiography history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Lynch on Lynch by David Lynch

Lynch on Lynch

David Lynch

336 pages • paperback • 1997

5.0avolok's review
nonfiction art biography informative medium-paced