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19 books

One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry

One! Hundred! Demons!

Lynda Barry

224 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
nonfiction comics memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry

Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor

Lynda Barry

200 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
nonfiction art informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

185 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone by Sarah Jaffe

Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

Sarah Jaffe

12 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
nonfiction business history sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

304 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

Charles Montgomery

358 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
nonfiction design challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

387 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0mirasu's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced