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43 books

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

Shoshana Zuboff

704 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
nonfiction economics politics challenging informative slow-paced
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

342 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
This is Our Youth - Acting Edition by Kenneth Lonergan

This is Our Youth - Acting Edition

Kenneth Lonergan

72 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
fiction play reflective sad fast-paced
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

My Name is Asher Lev

Asher Lev #1

Chaim Potok

320 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

Elyn R. Saks

351 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton

Cloudstreet

Tim Winton

426 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Spring Awakening: A Play by Frank Wedekind

Spring Awakening: A Play

Frank Wedekind

88 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
fiction classics play dark emotional sad fast-paced
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

361 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler

437 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
nonfiction education reference informative slow-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

215 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0j_zapsalis's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced