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Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

461 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels

428 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 by George Chauncey

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940

George Chauncey

512 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective slow-paced
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation by Thupten Jinpa, Gyurme Dorje, Karma Lingpa, Padmasambhava, Dalai Lama XIV, Graham Coleman

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation

Thupten Jinpa, Gyurme Dorje, Karma Lingpa, Padmasambhava, Dalai Lama XIV, Graham Coleman

535 pages • first pub 1503 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion informative slow-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

Jon Kabat-Zinn

650 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology self help informative slow-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

19 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Letters to Vera by Olga Voronina, Vladimir Nabokov, Brian Boyd

Letters to Vera

Olga Voronina, Vladimir Nabokov, Brian Boyd

864 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional funny slow-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
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