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How We Got Insipid by Jonathan Lethem

How We Got Insipid

Jonathan Lethem

107 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
The Acme Novelty Datebook, Vol. 1, 1986-1995 by Chris Ware

The Acme Novelty Datebook, Vol. 1, 1986-1995

The Acme Novelty Library

Chris Ware

208 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0sew's review
nonfiction art comics adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

317 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

244 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, Norman Thomas di Giovanni

Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi

Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, Norman Thomas di Giovanni

160 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction mystery short stories lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem

The Cyberiad

Stanisław Lem

295 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging funny medium-paced
Taratuta and Still Life with Pipe: Two Novellas by José Donoso

Taratuta and Still Life with Pipe: Two Novellas

José Donoso

160 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction reflective medium-paced
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

Collected Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges

565 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction classics magical realism short stories challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

777 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0sew's review
nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game

Ender's Saga #1

Orson Scott Card

11 hours, 19 minutes • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0sew's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced