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Wool by Hugh Howey

fast-paced

3.5

Like the story, like the setting, the prose is not great.

The Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments by Robin Waterfield, Epictetus

5.0

Excellent translation; wish the endnotes were footnotes instead.

The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District by James Rebanks

3.5

Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

5.0

A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto by China Miéville

4.0

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

My least favorite kind of ending!

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

5.0

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

5.0

The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell

4.0

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible! by Jonathan Goldstein

3.0