My favourites, so far

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43 books

You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity by Robert Lane Greene

You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity

Robert Lane Greene

312 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction politics informative slow-paced
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

272 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry by Kamna Prasad, Khushwant Singh

Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry

Kamna Prasad, Khushwant Singh

208 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific by Christina Thompson

Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific

Christina Thompson

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Taste of Words : An Introduction to Urdu Poetry by Raza Mir, गुलज़ार

The Taste of Words : An Introduction to Urdu Poetry

Raza Mir, गुलज़ार

312 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1312 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages by Guy Deutscher

Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages

Guy Deutscher

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction science reflective slow-paced
Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery by Robert F. Yeager, Terry Jones, Alan Fletcher, Terry Dolan, Juliette Dor

Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery

Robert F. Yeager, Terry Jones, Alan Fletcher, Terry Dolan, Juliette Dor

408 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion

Middle-earth Universe

J.R.R. Tolkien

386 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous challenging slow-paced