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42 books

Putting a Roof on Winter: Hockey's Rise from Sport to Spectacle by Michael McKinley

Putting a Roof on Winter: Hockey's Rise from Sport to Spectacle

Michael McKinley

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
nonfiction sports adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

830 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

560 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

American Gods

American Gods #1

Neil Gaiman

768 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game

Ender's Saga #1

Orson Scott Card

324 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

A Dance with Dragons

A Song of Ice and Fire #5

George R.R. Martin

1112 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense slow-paced
A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows
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George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows

A Song of Ice and Fire #1-4

George R.R. Martin

3936 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
The Game by Ken Dryden

The Game

Ken Dryden

318 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
nonfiction memoir sports informative slow-paced
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Ray Kurzweil

652 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0lakingsdave's review
nonfiction philosophy science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced