cmaude's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History by Guy Lawson

Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

Guy Lawson

288 pages • 2015 • 1 edition

nonfiction crime history politics informative fast-paced
3.75 cmaude's review
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

368 pages • 2022 • 198 editions

fiction literary emotional hopeful medium-paced
4.0 cmaude's review
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

219 pages • 2007 • 228 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
4.0 cmaude's review
Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor

Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected

Nnedi Okorafor

112 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
3.0 cmaude's review
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

384 pages • 1968 • 39 editions

nonfiction classics history adventurous dark slow-paced
3.5 cmaude's review
Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih Ghali

Beer in the Snooker Club

Waguih Ghali

224 pages • 1964 • 17 editions

fiction classics literary funny reflective medium-paced
4.0 cmaude's review
Dear Specimen: Poems by W J Herbert

Dear Specimen: Poems

W J Herbert

112 pages • 2021 • 1 edition

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
3.75 cmaude's review
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

Sophie Elmhirst

256 pages • 2024 • 34 editions

nonfiction biography adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
4.25 cmaude's review
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

368 pages • 2019 • 68 editions

fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
5.0 cmaude's review
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • 2014 • 142 editions

fiction dystopian literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
5.0 cmaude's review