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43 books

A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector

A Breath of Life

Clarice Lispector

167 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

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fiction literary challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

The Wall

Marlen Haushofer

240 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

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fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth by Kōhei Saitō

Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth

Kōhei Saitō

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

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nonfiction economics philosophy politics medium-paced
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction biography health history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit

Orwell's Roses

Rebecca Solnit

7 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history nature informative reflective medium-paced
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

Silvia Federici

288 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

496 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced