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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

3.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic by David Kunzle, Armand Mattelart, Ariel Dorfman

How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic

David Kunzle, Armand Mattelart, Ariel Dorfman

120 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

4.25jmsr418's review
nonfiction comics history politics informative slow-paced
The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss

The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote

Elaine F. Weiss

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction feminism history politics sad slow-paced
Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Devil on the Cross

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

320 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

4.0jmsr418's review
fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

Del Valle Family #3

Isabel Allende

448 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger

Arabian Sands

Wilfred Thesiger

347 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

4.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Committed

The Sympathizer #2

Viet Thanh Nguyen

358 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

3.0jmsr418's review
fiction literary thriller dark funny slow-paced
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

M.T. Anderson

10 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

4.25jmsr418's review
nonfiction biography history dark informative sad medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

546 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.5jmsr418's review
fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen

350 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

4.75jmsr418's review
fiction historical literary romance adventurous emotional medium-paced