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Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ by Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ

Friedrich Nietzsche

208 pages • first pub 1889 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
nonfiction classics philosophy religion challenging reflective slow-paced
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

1088 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
fiction literary challenging funny sad slow-paced
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

824 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson

497 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
nonfiction history challenging funny informative slow-paced
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster

The Machine Stops

E.M. Forster

48 pages • first pub 1909 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
fiction classics science fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand

The Metaphysical Club

Louis Menand

560 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

534 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace

Oblivion: Stories

David Foster Wallace

330 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
fiction short stories challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Arthur Allen

Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver

Arthur Allen

523 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jakej's review
nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced