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66 books

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

181 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté

562 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

I, Robot

Robot #0.1

Isaac Asimov

8 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 1950 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
fiction classics science fiction short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment by Cuong Lu
Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment
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Cuong Lu

Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment

Cuong Lu

136 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0brucy's review
nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

916 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø

The Redbreast

Harry Hole #3

Jo Nesbø

624 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

14 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
My Struggle, Book One by Karl Ove Knausgård

My Struggle, Book One

Min kamp #1

Karl Ove Knausgård

441 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0brucy's review
nonfiction autobiography emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by William Sommer

Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

William Sommer

8 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0brucy's review
nonfiction politics dark informative reflective medium-paced