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127 reviews

The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View by Ellen Meiksins Wood

informative slow-paced

4.0

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

informative medium-paced

4.0

As with any book about the climate crisis, This Change's Everything...'s geopolitical and environmental context is different to what it is now. However, it is still an effective rebuke to the arguments that remain from that period (of 'benevolent' billionaires, geoengineering, the idea that we will somehow technologically innovate our way out without a need to address our economic system etc.)

Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.0

Smut: Two Unseemly Stories by Alan Bennett

fast-paced

3.5

Galatea by Madeline Miller

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Matrix by Lauren Groff

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

The Colony by Audrey Magee

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

The Iliad by Homer

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

The Odyssey by Homer

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75