jshaden's 5reads

207 books

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk about Fat by Aubrey Gordon

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk about Fat

Aubrey Gordon

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced

197 pages | first published 2020

Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter by Yishan Li, Brea Grant

Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter

Yishan Li, Brea Grant

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark fast-paced

144 pages | first published 2020

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

365 pages | first published 1937

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced

835 pages | first published 1996

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass
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Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

fiction fantasy middle grade young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced

313 pages | first published 1995

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea

Earthsea Cycle #1

Ursula K. Le Guin

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous medium-paced

251 pages | first published 1968

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #1-12

Alan Moore with Dave Gibbons (Illustrator), John Higgins (Illustrator)

fiction crime graphic novel mystery science fiction adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

416 pages | first published 1987

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced

160 pages | first published 1980

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced

224 pages | first published 1988

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

777 pages | first published 1979