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Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians

J.M. Coetzee

152 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Coal Face by Tom Doig

The Coal Face

Tom Doig

144 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

Angela Carter

12 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
fiction fantasy magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice

Imperial Radch #1

Ann Leckie

409 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

319 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
我的天才女友 by Elena Ferrante

我的天才女友

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

325 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Yan Wong, Richard Dawkins

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

Yan Wong, Richard Dawkins

800 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

Jorge Luis Borges

256 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0nlfharrison's review
fiction classics essays short stories reflective slow-paced