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Psychedelics: The Revolutionary Drugs That Could Change Your Life―A Guide from the Expert by David J. Nutt

Psychedelics: The Revolutionary Drugs That Could Change Your Life―A Guide from the Expert

David J. Nutt

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
nonfiction psychology science challenging informative medium-paced
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave, Sean O'Hagan

Faith, Hope and Carnage

Nick Cave, Sean O'Hagan

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
nonfiction essays memoir music emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

106 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

108 pages • first pub 1945 (editions) user-added

5.0bengriffin's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

326 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future by Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

Friedrich Nietzsche

160 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
nonfiction classics philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Blade Runner #1

Philip K. Dick

210 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales by Angela Carter

Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales

Virago Fairy Tales #1-2

Angela Carter

486 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
fiction fantasy short stories adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

448 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

159 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0bengriffin's review
fiction classics fantasy science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced