Laura Lahdensuu

13 books

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza

The Art of Joy

Goliarda Sapienza with Anne Milano Appel (Translator), Angelo Pellegrino (Contributor)

fiction feminism historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced

704 pages | first published 1994

Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence by Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola

Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola

nonfiction nature science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

192 pages | first published 2013

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

Bill Buford

nonfiction memoir adventurous fast-paced

336 pages | first published 2006

How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Philip Freeman, Quintus Tullius Cicero

How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians

Philip Freeman, Quintus Tullius Cicero

nonfiction classics history politics adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

128 pages | first published -64

The Killer in My Eyes by Giorgio Faletti

The Killer in My Eyes

Giorgio Faletti

fiction crime thriller dark slow-paced

422 pages | first published 2004

The Nation of Plants by Stefano Mancuso

The Nation of Plants

Stefano Mancuso with Gregory Conti (Translator)

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced

144 pages | first published 2019

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century

Amia Srinivasan

nonfiction essays feminism gender philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced

304 pages | first published 2021

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Round House

Louise Erdrich

fiction historical mystery dark emotional reflective medium-paced

323 pages | first published 2012

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

369 pages | first published 2011

That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda, William Weaver, Italo Calvino

That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana

Carlo Emilio Gadda, William Weaver, Italo Calvino

fiction classics mystery challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

388 pages | first published 1957