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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Angel's Game

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

504 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
fiction historical literary mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Islands of Decolonial Love

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

143 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
fiction poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Shadow of the Wind

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

512 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
fiction historical literary mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series by Toren Smith, Hayao Miyazaki, David Lewis

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #1-7

Toren Smith, Hayao Miyazaki, David Lewis

1104 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
fiction fantasy manga adventurous fast-paced
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous

The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights

Anonymous

1104 pages • first pub 800 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
fiction classics fantasy short stories adventurous slow-paced
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

322 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
nonfiction business computer science challenging informative slow-paced
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Eric Evans

560 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
nonfiction technology informative slow-paced
Absolute Kingdom Come by Mark Waid

Absolute Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come #1-4

Mark Waid

340 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0joelmeador's review
fiction comics adventurous medium-paced