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The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul by Douglas R. Hofstadter

The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul

Douglas R. Hofstadter

512 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy psychology science reflective fast-paced
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Steven Pinker

448 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

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nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

Richard Dawkins

466 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

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nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

256 pages • first pub 1864 (editions)

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fiction classics philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka

The Complete Stories

Franz Kafka

512 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

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fiction classics short stories challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Franz Kafka's The Castle by David Fishelson, Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Aaron Leichter

Franz Kafka's The Castle

David Fishelson, Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Aaron Leichter

297 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

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fiction classics thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

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

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

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nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

72 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

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fiction childrens adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

777 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

99 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

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fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced