nickfourtimes's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

A Little History of Art by Charlotte Mullins

A Little History of Art

Charlotte Mullins

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.0nickfourtimes's review
nonfiction art feminism informative reflective medium-paced
Tenth of December by George Saunders

Tenth of December

George Saunders

251 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

4.0nickfourtimes's review
fiction contemporary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games by J. Robert Lennon, Carmen Maria Machado

Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games

J. Robert Lennon, Carmen Maria Machado

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0nickfourtimes's review
nonfiction essays video games emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Rose à l'île by Michel Rabagliati

Rose à l'île

Michel Rabagliati

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0nickfourtimes's review
fiction graphic novel emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0nickfourtimes's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Ross King

192 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

4.0nickfourtimes's review
nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern by Carol Strickland

The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern

Carol Strickland

198 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

3.0nickfourtimes's review
nonfiction art history informative reflective slow-paced
Aramis, or the Love of Technology by Bruno Latour

Aramis, or the Love of Technology

Bruno Latour

336 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

4.0nickfourtimes's review
nonfiction philosophy science dark slow-paced
Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents. by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents.

Earthseed #1-2

Octavia E. Butler

880 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0nickfourtimes's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

272 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

4.0nickfourtimes's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced