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The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Gentleman Bastard #1

Scott Lynch

537 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

3.75pjcl's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Candide by Voltaire

Candide

Voltaire

129 pages • first pub 1759 (editions)

3.75pjcl's review
fiction classics philosophy adventurous funny reflective fast-paced
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

224 pages • first pub 1915 (editions)

4.0pjcl's review
fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

The Call of Cthulhu

H.P. Lovecraft

58 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

3.75pjcl's review
fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Self Illusion: Why There is No 'You' Inside Your Head Extract by Bruce M. Hood

The Self Illusion: Why There is No 'You' Inside Your Head Extract

Bruce M. Hood

349 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

3.0pjcl's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology science reflective slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell #1

Hilary Mantel

640 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

3.75pjcl's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

336 pages • first pub 1726 (editions)

4.0pjcl's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0pjcl's review
nonfiction business economics politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ And Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ And Mũmbi

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.5pjcl's review
fiction literary adventurous reflective fast-paced
How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement by Fredrik deBoer

How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement

Fredrik deBoer

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pjcl's review
nonfiction history politics medium-paced