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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

Brian Merchant

465 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction business history technology informative medium-paced
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action by Elinor Ostrom

Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

Elinor Ostrom

298 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics sociology challenging informative slow-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
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Her Kind by Niamh Boyce

Her Kind

Niamh Boyce

268 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction historical dark medium-paced
Slow Horses by Mick Herron

Slow Horses

Slough House #1

Mick Herron

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

The Secret Scripture

McNulty Family

Sebastian Barry

300 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Troubles by J.G. Farrell

Troubles

Empire Trilogy #1

J.G. Farrell

480 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

Big Girl, Small Town

Michelle Gallen

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home by Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home

Kerri ní Dochartaigh

271 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín

Nora Webster

Colm Tóibín

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Patchwork by Dan Loughry

Patchwork

Dan Loughry

180 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary
As You Were by Elaine Feeney

As You Were

Elaine Feeney

392 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

Roland Allen

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced