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43 books

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Timothy Snyder

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. Shapiro

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

Scott J. Shapiro

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
nonfiction computer science history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud

The Strange

Nathan Ballingrud

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
fiction horror science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

290 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

The Netanyahus

Joshua Cohen

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
fiction historical literary funny informative reflective medium-paced
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

Simple Passion

Annie Ernaux

56 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino

148 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
fiction classics magical realism reflective slow-paced
Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan

Whale

Cheon Myeong-kwan

368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
fiction contemporary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

212 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kostia_gorobets's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced