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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Jake Rossen, Andy Mulvihill

Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park

Jake Rossen, Andy Mulvihill

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
nonfiction biography business history memoir funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
呼吸 by Ted Chiang

呼吸

Ted Chiang

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

Andy Greenberg

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
nonfiction history politics technology challenging informative medium-paced
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside by Xiaowei Wang

Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

Xiaowei Wang

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
nonfiction essays science technology challenging informative slow-paced
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam

241 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
The Peripheral by William Gibson

The Peripheral

The Jackpot Trilogy #1

William Gibson

480 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World by Lesley M.M. Blume

Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World

Lesley M.M. Blume

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
nonfiction biography history informative sad tense fast-paced
The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood--And America--Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Greg Mitchell

The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood--And America--Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Greg Mitchell

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jansendotsh's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced