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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

303 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

3.5bardspeak's review
nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Speaker for the Dead

Ender's Saga #2

Orson Scott Card

382 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

2.25bardspeak's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

154 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.75bardspeak's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by Ted Orland, David Bayles

Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Ted Orland, David Bayles

122 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

3.25bardspeak's review
nonfiction art self help inspiring reflective slow-paced
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine

Alexandra Kleeman

283 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

4.0bardspeak's review
fiction contemporary literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

Authority

Southern Reach #2

Jeff VanderMeer

341 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

3.5bardspeak's review
fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0bardspeak's review
fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.75bardspeak's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

7 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1970 (editions)

4.75bardspeak's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced