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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer

Seven Surrenders

Terra Ignota #2

Ada Palmer

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Little, Big by John Crowley

Little, Big

John Crowley

538 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living by Hillary L. McBride

The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living

Hillary L. McBride

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

Cole Arthur Riley

6 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd by Tamice Spencer-Helms

Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd

Tamice Spencer-Helms

175 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction memoir race religion
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

Elie Mystal

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Epiphany of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

Epiphany of the Long Sun

The Book of the Long Sun #3-4

Gene Wolfe

720 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous slow-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

1463 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

5.0scarylions's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced