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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

32 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
fiction classics fantasy science fiction short stories dark reflective fast-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

518 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

473 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit

Wayfarers #2

Becky Chambers

365 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

371 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

340 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
nonfiction business informative inspiring medium-paced
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

Eric Schlosser

656 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
nonfiction history politics science challenging informative tense slow-paced
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard P. Feynman

352 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
nonfiction memoir science informative lighthearted medium-paced
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0gorkem's review
nonfiction autobiography politics informative reflective medium-paced