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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

Andrew Solomon

576 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Ray Kurzweil

652 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney by Martin Gayford

A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney

Martin Gayford

248 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker's Reflections by George Nakashima

The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker's Reflections

George Nakashima

224 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson

160 pages • first pub 1836 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays nature philosophy poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich

The Story of Art

E.H. Gombrich

688 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

204 pages • first pub 1919 (editions)

fiction art classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

528 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich, Caroline Mustill, Clifford Harper

A Little History of the World

Little Histories

E.H. Gombrich, Caroline Mustill, Clifford Harper

284 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Francis Bacon: Books and Painting by Miguel Egaña, Chris Stephens

Francis Bacon: Books and Painting

Miguel Egaña, Chris Stephens

242 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

art reflective slow-paced