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A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

A Fire Upon the Deep

Zones of Thought #1

Vernor Vinge

624 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0nelsonminar's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

400 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0nelsonminar's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

334 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0nelsonminar's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0nelsonminar's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #01-12

Alan Moore

416 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

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fiction classics comics dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes

The Sandman (Collected Editions) #1

Neil Gaiman

240 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0nelsonminar's review
fiction comics fantasy horror adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
רובים, חיידקים ופלדה by ג'ארד דיימונד, Jared Diamond

רובים, חיידקים ופלדה

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

ג'ארד דיימונד, Jared Diamond

376 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0nelsonminar's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0nelsonminar's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

824 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Dava Sobel

192 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring medium-paced