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The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry by Gary Greenberg

The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

Gary Greenberg

405 pages • digital • 2013

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction psychology science informative slow-paced
The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song by Frank M. Young, David Lasky

The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song

Frank M. Young, David Lasky

192 pages • 2012

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction comics music emotional reflective fast-paced
Librarians with Spines: Information Agitators in an Age of Stagnation, Vol. 1 by Max Macias, Yago S. Cura, Autumn Anglin

Librarians with Spines: Information Agitators in an Age of Stagnation, Vol. 1

Max Macias, Yago S. Cura, Autumn Anglin

174 pages • 2017

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness

Joshua Wolf Shenk

368 pages • 2005

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nonfiction biography history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

359 pages • paperback • 1940

5.0violetfox's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Doomsday Book

Oxford Time Travel #1

Connie Willis

578 pages • paperback • 1992

5.0violetfox's review
fiction historical science fiction adventurous emotional slow-paced
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

Good Omens

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

384 pages • paperback • 1990

5.0violetfox's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1006 pages • paperback • 2004

5.0violetfox's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
From Hell by Eddie Campbell, Pete Mullins, Alan Moore

From Hell

From Hell #1-11

Eddie Campbell, Pete Mullins, Alan Moore

576 pages • paperback • 1991

5.0violetfox's review
fiction crime graphic novel historical horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

766 pages • paperback • 1991

5.0violetfox's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious slow-paced