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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

366 pages • first pub 1937 (editions) user-added

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fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

224 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

777 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul by Douglas R. Hofstadter

The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul

Douglas R. Hofstadter

512 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy psychology science reflective fast-paced
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Simon Singh

432 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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nonfiction computer science history mathematics informative medium-paced
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas S. Kuhn

226 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

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nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Steven Levy

464 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

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nonfiction history technology informative slow-paced
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

Clifford Stoll

399 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir mystery technology true crime informative lighthearted tense fast-paced
Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer by Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger

Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer

Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger

463 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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fiction technology informative slow-paced
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

The Wise Man's Fear

The Kingkiller Chronicle #2

Patrick Rothfuss

994 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced