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Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

824 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California by Donna Jean Murch

Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California

John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture (Paperback)

Donna Jean Murch

312 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction education history
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday

Mao: The Unknown Story

Jung Chang, Jon Halliday

801 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history dark emotional informative slow-paced
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution

Tania Branigan

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
War Trash by Ha Jin

War Trash

Ha Jin

352 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia

Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

Helen Zia

503 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging emotional slow-paced
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

290 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Shards of Earth

The Final Architecture #1

Adrian Tchaikovsky

548 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

Vladimir

Julia May Jonas

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective medium-paced
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

The Carls #1

Hank Green

357 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced