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Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away by Richard Brautigan

Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away

Richard Brautigan

131 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
fiction poetry short stories reflective slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

missing page info • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB by James Risen, Milton Bearden

The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB

James Risen, Milton Bearden

576 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad by John R. Schindler
Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad
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John R. Schindler

Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad

John R. Schindler

368 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka

The Complete Stories

Franz Kafka

486 pages • first pub 1946 (editions) user-added

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War by Jonna Mendez, Antonio J. Mendez

The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

Jonna Mendez, Antonio J. Mendez

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics true crime informative medium-paced
War by Sebastian Junger

War

Sebastian Junger

287 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction autobiography biography history adventurous fast-paced
The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984 by Dorian Lynskey

The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984

Dorian Lynskey

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction biography history politics dark reflective slow-paced
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake

MaddAddam #1

Margaret Atwood

389 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
fiction dystopian reflective slow-paced
Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union by Richard Kreitner

Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

Richard Kreitner

missing duration info • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced