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17 books

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War by Jeffrey A. Engel

When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War

Jeffrey A. Engel

608 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen Richard Witt

How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy

Stephen Richard Witt

296 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
nonfiction business history music informative tense fast-paced
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

320 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
The Final Days by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

The Final Days

Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

470 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Voices of Utopia #5

Svetlana Alexiévich

470 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
nonfiction business health true crime informative tense medium-paced
All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire by Jonathan Abrams

All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire

Jonathan Abrams

340 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

361 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

5 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0grisostomo_de_las_ovejas's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced