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124 books

The City & the City by China Miéville

The City & the City

China Miéville

312 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction crime science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

219 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War by Samuel Moyn

Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

Samuel Moyn

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics medium-paced
The Wizards of Armageddon by Fred Kaplan

The Wizards of Armageddon

Fred Kaplan

460 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Uzumaki

Uzumaki #1-3

Junji Ito

648 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction horror manga dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. Dick

Now Wait for Last Year

Philip K. Dick

230 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

729 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild

To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

Adam Hochschild

496 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

James Baldwin

208 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race reflective slow-paced
Philosophy and Social Hope by Richard Rorty

Philosophy and Social Hope

Richard Rorty

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced