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29 books

The Essential Plotinus by Plotinus

The Essential Plotinus

Plotinus

224 pages • first pub 250 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
nonfiction classics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

399 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

The Golden Enclaves

The Scholomance #3

Naomi Novik

407 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

The Last Graduate

The Scholomance #2

Naomi Novik

388 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

369 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

288 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
WE, Yevgeny Zamyatin and A modern Utopia, H.G. Wells by Yevgeny Zamyatin, H.G. Wells

WE, Yevgeny Zamyatin and A modern Utopia, H.G. Wells

Yevgeny Zamyatin, H.G. Wells

272 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

5.0richardpapensympathiser's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced