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Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

ByKelefa Sanneh

2021 • 24 Readers • 497 pages • 3.8

All of the Marvels

All of the Marvels

ByDouglas Wolk

2021 • 33 Readers • 385 pages • 4.3

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

ByPatrick Radden Keefe

2018 • 535 Readers • 519 pages • 4.5

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

ByRobin Wall Kimmerer

2024 • 75 Readers • 128 pages • 4.6

Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality

Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality

ByVenki Ramakrishnan

2024 • 2 Readers • 325 pages

The Seekers

ByJohn Densmore

2020 • 1 Reader • 240 pages

Pastoralia

ByGeorge Saunders

2000 • 120 Readers • 225 pages • 3.9

Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo

ByGeorge Saunders

2017 • 542 Readers • 3.9

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

ByGeorge Saunders

1996 • 84 Readers • 192 pages • 4.1

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

ByAmanda Montell

2024 • 231 Readers • 272 pages • 3.4

The God of the Woods

The God of the Woods

ByLiz Moore

2024 • 530 Readers • 490 pages • 4.1

Funny Story

ByEmily Henry

2023 • 911 Readers • 387 pages • 4.2

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

ByJames McBride

2023 • 465 Readers • 385 pages • 3.9

Creation Lake

ByRachel Kushner

4 • 127 Readers • 311 pages • 3.6

Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

ByBarbara Kingsolver

2022 • 1,014 Readers • 560 pages • 4.4

Mistborn: The Final Empire

#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy

Mistborn: The Final Empire

ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 3,771 Readers • 534 pages • 4.4

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

ByErik Larson

2024 • 167 Readers • 593 pages • 4

99 Ways to Tell a Story

99 Ways to Tell a Story

ByMatt Madden

2005 • 8 Readers • 206 pages • 2.5

Hum

ByHelen Phillips

2024 • 95 Readers • 272 pages • 3.4

Playground

ByRichard Powers

2024 • 99 Readers • 381 pages • 4

Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation

Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation

ByGreg Epstein

2024 • 3 Readers • 367 pages

The Devil in Silver

The Devil in Silver

ByVictor LaValle

2012 • 72 Readers • 3.8

The Ballad of Black Tom

The Ballad of Black Tom

ByVictor LaValle

2016 • 323 Readers • 149 pages • 3.7

Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir

Foreskin's lament

ByShalom Auslander

2007 • 16 Readers • 7 pages • 4

Hope: A Tragedy

Hope: A Tragedy

ByShalom Auslander

2012 • 4 Readers • 301 pages

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

#1 of 2 in The Carls

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

ByHank Green

2018 • 612 Readers • 4

The Book of Love

The Book of Love

ByKelly Link

2024 • 169 Readers • 641 pages • 3.3

12 Rules for Strife

12 Rules for Strife

ByJeff Sparrow

2024 • 4 Readers • 128 pages

The World According to Physics

The World According to Physics

ByJim Al-Khalili

2020 • 25 Readers • 336 pages • 2.5

A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition

3 Little History

A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition

ByE.H. Gombrich

1936 • 58 Readers • 304 pages • 4.1

Nothing to See Here

Nothing to See Here

ByKevin Wilson

2019 • 353 Readers • 288 pages • 4.1

On Not Being Able to Paint

On Not Being Able to Paint

ByMarion Milner

1957 • 2 Readers • 184 pages

Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism

Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism

ByTimothy Denevi

4 Readers

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

ByAlfred Lansing

1959 • 404 Readers • 270 pages • 4.5

Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

ByOliver Burkeman

2024 • 75 Readers • 169 pages • 4.2

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

ByJames Kaplan

2024 • 12 Readers • 421 pages • 3

The Timeless Way of Building

The Timeless Way of Building

ByChristopher Alexander,Professor in the Department of Architecture Christopher Alexander

1979 • 58 Readers • 552 pages • 4.4

Children of Time

#1 of 3 in Children of Time

Children of Time

ByAdrian Tchaikovsky

2015 • 1,713 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3

Seveneves

ByNeal Stephenson

2015 • 926 Readers • 867 pages • 3.9

Anathem

ByNeal Stephenson

2008 • 649 Readers • 1,092 pages • 4.1

Lonesome Dove

#1 of 4 in Lonesome Dove

ByLarry McMurtry

1985 • 662 Readers • 858 pages • 4.6

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

ByChristopher W. Alexander,Sara Ishikawa,+4 more

1977 • 118 Readers • 1,171 pages • 4.7

Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music

Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music

ByFranz Nicolay

2024 • 3 Readers • 308 pages

How to Kill a City

How to Kill a City

ByPeter Moskowitz,P.E. Moskowitz

2017 • 26 Readers • 272 pages • 3.7

The Waste Books

The Waste Books

ByGeorg Christoph Lichtenberg

2000 • 15 Readers • 264 pages • 4

The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

ByKatherine Morgan Schafler

2023 • 66 Readers • 353 pages • 4.3

Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays

Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays

ByElisa Gabbert

2024 • 14 Readers • 151 pages

Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction

Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction

ByMurray B. Stein

1998 • 21 Readers • 192 pages • 2.8

4 3 2 1

ByPaul Auster

2017 • 125 Readers • 995 pages • 4.2

Up Jumps the Devil

Up jumps the devil

ByMichael Poore

2012 • 13 Readers • 360 pages • 3.2

The Things We Make

The Things We Make

ByBill Hammack

2023 • 16 Readers • 3.5

Skin in the Game

#5 of 5 in Incerto

Skin in the Game

ByNassim Nicholas Taleb

2018 • 192 Readers • 272 pages • 3.3

The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

ByScott Galloway

2024 • 37 Readers • 3

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How Your House Works

How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home

GLEEM

ByFreddy Carrasco

2019 • 4 Readers • 208 pages • 3

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

ByRyan Holiday,Stephen Hanselman

2016 • 301 Readers • 416 pages • 4.4

Microserfs

ByDouglas Coupland

1995 • 103 Readers • 404 pages • 4

The Kingdom

ByEmmanuel Carrère

2014 • 10 Readers • 416 pages • 4

Boom Town

BySam Anderson

2018 • 24 Readers • 448 pages • 4.2

Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set

Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set

ByGavin Van Horn,Robin Wall Kimmerer,+1 more

2021 • 942 pages

Thy Neighbor's Wife

Thy Neighbor's Wife

ByGay Talese

1980 • 12 Readers • 482 pages • 5

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

ByKara Swisher

2024 • 69 Readers • 305 pages • 3.6

The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

ByRhaina Cohen

47 Readers • 4.3

Hunt, Gather, Parent

Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans

ByMichaeleen Doucleff

2021 • 62 Readers • 304 pages • 4

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

ByNell Greenfieldboyce

3 Readers • 4

Oranges

ByJohn McPhee

1967 • 22 Readers • 3.8

Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work

Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work

ByJesse David Fox

3 Readers • 4

True Grit

ByCharles Portis

1968 • 239 Readers • 224 pages • 4

The Denial of Death

The Denial of Death

ByErnest Becker

1973 • 187 Readers • 239 pages • 3.5

The Belan Deck

ByMatt Bucher

1 Reader • 2

Excellent Advice for Living

Excellent Advice for Living

ByKevin Kelly

2023 • 63 Readers • 225 pages • 4.5

The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

ByAndy Clark

2023 • 2 Readers • 304 pages

Blood of the Virgin

Blood of the Virgin

BySammy Harkham

2023 • 2 Readers • 4

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

ByRoland Allen

2023 • 28 Readers • 308 pages • 4.1

When We Cease to Understand the World

When We Cease to Understand the World

ByBenjamín Labatut,Adrian Nathan West(Translator)

2020 • 304 Readers • 192 pages • 4

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

ByKate Raworth

2017 • 92 Readers • 384 pages • 4

Ways of Being

ByJames Bridle

2022 • 35 Readers • 304 pages • 4

Alchemy

ByRory Sutherland

2019 • 65 Readers • 384 pages • 3.8

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

ByOliver Burkeman

2021 • 668 Readers • 5h 53m • 4.2

Radically Condensed Instructions for Being Just as You Are

Radically Condensed Instructions for Being Just as You Are

ByJ. Jennifer Matthews

2011 • 2 Readers

What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World

What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World

BySara Hendren

2020 • 26 Readers • 240 pages • 4.4

Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share.

Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share.

ByRussell Davies

8 Readers • 4

How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto

How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto

ByTom Hodgkinson

2004 • 4 Readers • 304 pages • 4

The Idle Parent

The Idle Parent

ByTom Hodgkinson

2009 • 7 Readers • 256 pages • 3

How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology

How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology

ByPhilip Ball

2023 • 25 Readers • 427 pages • 4.3

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin

ByLawrence Weschler

1982 • 9 Readers • 215 pages • 4

All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers

#2 of 5 in Houston Series

All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers

ByLarry McMurtry

1972 • 21 Readers • 304 pages • 3.9

Erasure

ByPercival Everett

2001 • 152 Readers • 320 pages • 4.4

Utopia Avenue

ByDavid Mitchell

2020 • 167 Readers • 576 pages • 4

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

ByPiers Paul Read

1920 • 85 Readers • 352 pages • 4.2

The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha

#1 of 2 in Don Quijote de la Mancha

ByMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra,John Rutherford(Translator)

1605 • 935 Readers • 1,023 pages • 3.8

Three Rocks

ByBill Griffith

2023 • 2 Readers • 3.5

Your Art Will Save Your Life

Your Art Will Save Your Life

ByBeth Pickens

2018 • 10 Readers • 133 pages • 3

The Sabbath

ByAbraham Joshua Heschel

1951 • 38 Readers • 140 pages • 4.5

America Fantastica

America Fantastica

ByTim O'Brien

2023 • 48 Readers • 394 pages • 3.3

On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement

On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement

ByKerry O'Brien(editor),William Robin(Editor)

2023 • 1 Reader

The Sisters Brothers

The sisters brothers

ByPatrick deWitt

2011 • 280 Readers • 299 pages • 3.9

Learning by Heart

Learning by Heart

ByCorita Kent

1992 • 2 Readers • 205 pages

How to Say Goodbye

How to Say Goodbye

ByWendy MacNaughton

Love and Let Die

Love and Let Die

ByJohn Higgs

2023 • 4 Readers • 341 pages • 4