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The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial

Franz Kafka

191 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

3.5jakej's review
fiction classics literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story by John Hawks, Lee Berger

Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story

John Hawks, Lee Berger

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.0jakej's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative fast-paced
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

George Saunders

179 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

4.0jakej's review
fiction short stories adventurous medium-paced
Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

Camouflage

Joe Haldeman

289 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

3.0jakej's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

160 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning by Justin E.H. Smith

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning

Justin E.H. Smith

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.0jakej's review
nonfiction computer science philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
Incandescence by Greg Egan

Incandescence

Greg Egan

300 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

3.5jakej's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

The Moviegoer

Walker Percy

242 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

4.0jakej's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Calculating Stars

Lady Astronaut #1

Mary Robinette Kowal

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

1.5jakej's review
fiction historical science fiction adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

The Big Sleep

Philip Marlowe #1

Raymond Chandler

230 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

4.0jakej's review
fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced