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Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Philip Plait

Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

Philip Plait

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
nonfiction science adventurous informative medium-paced
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

Aubrey Gordon

197 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter by Yishan Li, Brea Grant

Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter

Yishan Li, Brea Grant

144 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark fast-paced
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
fiction classics fantasy literary middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass
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Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

313 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea

Earthsea Cycle #1

Ursula K. Le Guin

251 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous medium-paced
Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #1-12

Alan Moore

416 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
fiction classics comics dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. I, My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. I, My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

160 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

224 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0jshaden's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced