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54 books

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

760 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
fiction historical speculative fiction challenging slow-paced
The Bedbug and Selected Poetry by Vladimir Mayakovsky

The Bedbug and Selected Poetry

Vladimir Mayakovsky

320 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
fiction play dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara

The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara

Frank O'Hara

624 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry informative fast-paced
From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life by Jacques Barzun

From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life

Jacques Barzun

912 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989 by Samuel Beckett

The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989

Beckett, Samuel

Samuel Beckett

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

1076 pages • first pub 1776 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction classics economics philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters by Frances Stonor Saunders

The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters

Frances Stonor Saunders

509 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction art history politics informative slow-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon

Mason & Dixon

Thomas Pynchon

784 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
fiction historical literary challenging funny slow-paced
The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

The Confusion

The Baroque Cycle #2

Neal Stephenson

810 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
fiction fantasy historical science fiction adventurous challenging informative medium-paced