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The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut

The MANIAC

Benjamín Labatut

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
fiction historical literary challenging informative 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

392 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

396 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography

Zora Neale Hurston

308 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

210 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry

Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

300 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

Antony Loewenstein

265 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
nonfiction history politics technology challenging dark informative medium-paced
When Hearing Becomes Listening: Prophetic Listening and How It Can Transform the World Within Us and Around Us by Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

When Hearing Becomes Listening: Prophetic Listening and How It Can Transform the World Within Us and Around Us

Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

164 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
nonfiction religion medium-paced
Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappé

Ten Myths about Israel

Ilan Pappé

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

The Premonition

Banana Yoshimoto

133 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0naddie_reads's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective slow-paced