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Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

ByTalia Lavin

2024 • 9 Readers • 263 pages • 5

The Fourth Turning

The Fourth Turning

ByWilliam Strauss,Neil Howe

1996 • 43 Readers • 404 pages • 3.4

Breaking the Rock: The Great Escape from Alcatraz

Breaking the Rock: The Great Escape from Alcatraz

ByJolene Babyak

Open (Source) for Business: A Practical Guide to Open Source Software Licensing

Open (Source) for Business: A Practical Guide to Open Source Software Licensing

ByHeather Meeker

2015 • 1 Reader • 344 pages

Intermezzo

BySally Rooney

2024 • 330 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9

The Psychology of Computer Programming

The Psychology of Computer Programming

ByGerald M. Weinberg

1971 • 17 Readers • 292 pages • 4

Effective C++

#1 of 4 in Effective C++

ByScott Meyers

1991 • 4 Readers • 297 pages • 4

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

ByMartin Fowler

1999 • 103 Readers • 461 pages • 3.9

Code Complete

Best Practices

ByMcConnell Steve

1993 • 105 Readers • 964 pages • 4.1

Head First Design Patterns

Head First Series

Head First Design Patterns

ByEric Freeman,Kathy Sierra,+2 more

2004 • 72 Readers • 4.2

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

ByCharles Petzold

1999 • 189 Readers • 400 pages • 4.3

Psychology of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

ByDonald A. Norman

1988 • 364 Readers • 257 pages • 3.9

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Mathematics for Computer Science

Mathematics for Computer Science

The C Programming Language

The C Programming Language

ByBrian W. Kernighan,Dennis M. Ritchie

1978 • 61 Readers • 228 pages • 4.4

Normal People

#1 of 1 in Normal People

BySally Rooney

2018 • 1,675 Readers • 273 pages • 3.6

Introduction to the Theory of Computation

Introduction to the Theory of Computation

ByMichael Sipser

22 Readers • 4.7

The Pragmatic Programmer

The Pragmatic Programmer

ByAndy Hunt,Dave Thomas

1994 • 305 Readers • 9h 55m • 4.2

Test-Driven Development: By Example

A Kent Beck Signature Book

Test-Driven Development: By Example

ByKent Beck

2002 • 46 Readers • 216 pages • 3.9

Design Patterns

Design Patterns

ByErich Gamma,Ralph Johnson,+2 more

1994 • 113 Readers • 416 pages • 4.1

Programming pearls

Programming Pearls

ByJon L. Bentley,Patrick Chan

1986 • 39 Readers • 262 pages • 3.3

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

ByFrederick P. Brooks Jr.

1975 • 204 Readers • 322 pages • 4

Stuff Matters

ByMark Miodownik

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

ByJonathan Blitzer

2024 • 26 Readers • 4.5

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The Mayor of MacDougal Street

The Mayor of MacDougal Street

The Message

ByTa-Nehisi Coates

The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

ByOlga Tokarczuk,Antonia Lloyd-Jones(Translator)

2022 • 42 Readers • 321 pages • 4

The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

ByAdam Shatz

6 Readers • 3.5

The Bright Sword

The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur

ByLev Grossman

2024 • 176 Readers • 605 pages • 4.1

What's Wrong with Democracy?: From Athenian Practice to American Worship

What's Wrong with Democracy?

ByLoren J. Samons II

2004 • 2 Readers • 328 pages

A Hero Born

#1 of 4 in The Legend of the Condor Heroes

ByJin Yong,Anna Holmwood(Translator)

1957 • 105 Readers • 394 pages • 3.6

The Silent Clowns

The Silent Clowns

ByWalter Kerr

1975 • 1 Reader • 384 pages

Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

ByChristopher Cox

2024 • 1 Reader • 640 pages

How to Relax

#5 of 9 in Mindfulness Essentials

ByThich Nhat Hanh

Camera Man

ByDana Stevens

2022 • 10 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9

Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror

Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror

ByW. Scott Poole

2018 • 4 Readers • 304 pages • 3

In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft

In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft

ByW. Scott Poole

2016 • 6 Readers • 296 pages

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

ByPema Chödrön

Dark Carnivals: Modern Horrors and the Origins of American Empire

Dark Carnivals: Modern Horrors and the Origins of American Empire

ByW. Scott Poole

William

ByMason Coile

Polostan

ByNEAL. STEPHENSON

2024 • 35 Readers • 320 pages • 3.6

Night Shift

ByStephen King

1960 • 170 Readers • 409 pages • 3.9

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories

ByHoracio Quiroga,Margaret Sayers Peden(Translator)

1909 • 8 Readers • 192 pages

The Perfect Nanny

The Perfect Nanny

ByLeila Slimani

The Final Girl Support Group

The Final Girl Support Group

ByGrady Hendrix

Creation Lake

ByRachel Kushner

4 • 85 Readers • 311 pages • 3.8

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

ByH.P. Lovecraft

1928 • 26 Readers • 512 pages • 3.1

James

ByPercival Everett

2024 • 355 Readers • 320 pages • 4.5

Pol Pot

ByPhilip Short

6 Readers

The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

ByJohn U. Bacon

2017 • 12 Readers • 418 pages • 3.5

Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

ByMary Hollingsworth

2023 • 1 Reader • 448 pages

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

ByYuval Noah Harari

2024 • 121 Readers • 528 pages • 3.8

Rhinoceros

ByEugène Ionesco,Martin Crimp(Translator)

1959 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Wolf Hall

#1 of 3 in Thomas Cromwell

ByHilary Mantel

Valis

#1 of 3 in VALIS Trilogy

ByPhilip K. Dick,Fábio Fernandes(Translator)

Wolf Hall Companion

Wolf Hall Companion

ByLauren Mackay

2020 • 258 pages

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

ByVinson Cunningham

Wasp.

ByEric Frank Russell

1958 • 1 Reader

Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

ByJoseph Cox

2024 • 53 Readers • 352 pages • 4.2

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

ByEmily Nussbaum

2024 • 35 Readers • 360 pages • 3.9

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

ByJohn Ganz

2024 • 21 Readers • 373 pages • 4.1

The Deading

ByNicholas Belardes

2024 • 24 Readers • 304 pages • 2.5

The Bookshop

ByEvan Friss

2024 • 24 Readers • 417 pages

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

ByThomas S. Kuhn

1962 • 167 Readers • 226 pages • 3.9

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

ByMarshall McLuhan

59 Readers • 4.7

The Denial of Death

The Denial of Death

ByErnest Becker

1973 • 161 Readers • 239 pages • 3.4

The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

The WEIRDest People in the World How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

ByJoseph Henrich

2020 • 72 Readers • 704 pages • 3.3

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The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

2 Readers • 3

Democracy for Realists Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

ByChristopher H. Achen,Larry M. Bartels

2017 • 29 Readers • 408 pages • 4

Apocalypse Never

Apocalypse Never

ByMichael Shellenberger

2020 • 23 Readers • 432 pages • 4

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

ByTimothy C. Winegard

2019 • 40 Readers • 496 pages • 3.4

Science Fictions

Science Fictions

ByStuart Ritchie

2020 • 39 Readers • 368 pages • 2.8

Runaway: Stories

Runaway: Stories

ByAlice Munro

2003 • 75 Readers • 335 pages • 3.9

The Known World

The Known World

ByEdward P. Jones

2003 • 104 Readers • 388 pages • 3.4

My Brilliant Friend

#1 of 4 in L'amica geniale

My Brilliant Friend

ByElena Ferrante,Ann Goldstein(Translator)

2011 • 645 Readers • 392 pages • 4.1

The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between

The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between

ByHisham Matar

2016 • 55 Readers • 256 pages • 4

The Passage of Power

#4 of 4 in The Years of Lyndon Johnson

The Passage of Power

ByRobert A. Caro

2012 • 54 Readers • 4.6

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

ByLydia Davis

2009 • 51 Readers • 733 pages • 4

Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

ByDavid W. Blight

2018 • 79 Readers • 912 pages • 4.2

Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season

ByFernanda Melchor

2017 • 160 Readers • 224 pages • 4.2

When We Cease to Understand the World

When We Cease to Understand the World

ByBenjamín Labatut,Adrian Nathan West(Translator)

2020 • 283 Readers • 192 pages • 4

Men We Reaped: A Memoir

ByJesmyn Ward

2013 • 125 Readers • 272 pages • 4.5

The Sellout

ByPaul Beatty

2015 • 253 Readers • 289 pages • 3.8

On Beauty

ByZadie Smith

2005 • 185 Readers • 446 pages • 3.8

Train Dreams

ByDenis Johnson

2002 • 118 Readers • 116 pages • 4

Detransition, Baby

Detransition, Baby

ByTorrey Peters

2021 • 351 Readers • 320 pages • 3.9

Sing, Unburied, Sing

3 Bois Sauvage

Sing, Unburied, Sing

ByJesmyn Ward

2017 • 335 Readers • 285 pages • 4.1

Olive Kitteridge

#1 of 2 in Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge

ByElizabeth Strout

2008 • 244 Readers • 337 pages • 4.1

Heavy

ByKiese Laymon

2018 • 174 Readers • 256 pages • 4.7

The Story of the Lost Child

#4 of 4 in L'amica geniale

The Story of the Lost Child

ByElena Ferrante,Ann Goldstein(Translator)

2014 • 147 Readers • 498 pages • 4.4

Exit West

ByMohsin Hamid

2017 • 364 Readers • 242 pages • 3.8

Salvage the Bones

#2 of 3 in Bois Sauvage

Salvage the Bones

ByJesmyn Ward

2011 • 194 Readers • 3.8

Life After Life

#1 of 2 in Todd Family

Life After Life

ByKate Atkinson

2013 • 377 Readers • 544 pages • 3.6

The Years

ByAnnie Ernaux,Alison L. Strayer(Translator)

2008 • 76 Readers • 256 pages • 4.5

Bring Up the Bodies

#2 of 3 in Thomas Cromwell

Bring Up the Bodies

ByHilary Mantel

2012 • 212 Readers • 432 pages • 4.4

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories

ByAlice Munro

2001 • 55 Readers • 322 pages • 4

Austerlitz

ByW.G. Sebald,James Wood

2001 • 105 Readers • 265 pages • 4.5

The Argonauts

ByMaggie Nelson

2015 • 227 Readers • 160 pages • 3.9

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

BySiddhartha Mukherjee

2010 • 379 Readers • 571 pages • 4.2

Pulphead

ByJohn Jeremiah Sullivan

2011 • 41 Readers • 365 pages • 4.1

The Flamethrowers

The flamethrowers a novel

ByRachel Kushner

2013 • 71 Readers • 432 pages • 3.4