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The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss

Edmund de Waal

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction art biography history reflective slow-paced
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh

278 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction health memoir science informative reflective medium-paced
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat by Bee Wilson

First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

Bee Wilson

319 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction food and drink health history informative slow-paced
Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman

Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

Steve Silberman

544 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history psychology science reflective slow-paced
Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence by Artemis Cooper

Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence

Artemis Cooper

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography informative medium-paced
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

341 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

256 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

573 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Along the Iron Curtain Trail by Tim Moore

The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Along the Iron Curtain Trail

Tim Moore

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction travel adventurous funny informative slow-paced
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

The Essex Serpent

Sarah Perry

422 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction fantasy historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced