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6 books

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

fiction fantasy literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

245 pages | first published 2020

Uncanny and Improbable Events by Amitav Ghosh

Uncanny and Improbable Events

Green Ideas #6

Amitav Ghosh

nonfiction literary adventurous challenging informative fast-paced

128 pages | first published 2021

Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman by Rebecca Tamás

Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman

Rebecca Tamás

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective fast-paced

114 pages | first published 2020

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

fiction classics literary challenging mysterious slow-paced

160 pages | first published 1966

On the Heights of Despair by Emil M. Cioran

On the Heights of Despair

Emil M. Cioran with Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston (Translator)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced

150 pages | first published 1933

Der Mythos des Sisyphos by Albert Camus

Der Mythos des Sisyphos

Albert Camus

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced

203 pages | first published 1942
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