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The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation by Hayden White

The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation

Hayden White

264 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Some Desperate Glory

Emily Tesh

438 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

242 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin

A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

Jeremy D. Popkin

640 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945 by William Sheridan Allen

The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945

William Sheridan Allen

407 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

Michael Azerrad

522 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced
Shine by Jessica Jung

Shine

Shine #1

Jessica Jung

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult lighthearted fast-paced
The Age of Questions: Or, a First Attempt at an Aggregate History of the Eastern, Social, Woman, American, Jewish, Polish, Bullion, Tubercul by Holly Case

The Age of Questions: Or, a First Attempt at an Aggregate History of the Eastern, Social, Woman, American, Jewish, Polish, Bullion, Tubercul

Holly Case

360 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Philosophy of the Novel: Lukács, Marxism and the Dialectics of Form by J.M. Bernstein
The Philosophy of the Novel: Lukács, Marxism and the Dialectics of Form
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J.M. Bernstein

The Philosophy of the Novel: Lukács, Marxism and the Dialectics of Form

J.M. Bernstein

296 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake by Northrop Frye

Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake

Northrop Frye

625 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation by Hayden White

The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation

Hayden White

264 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Fiction of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1957-2007 by Robert Doran, Hayden White

The Fiction of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1957-2007

Robert Doran, Hayden White

382 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC by Kool G. Rap, Paul Edwards

How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC

Kool G. Rap, Paul Edwards

352 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction music informative slow-paced