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AMORALMAN

ByDerek DelGaudio

2021 • 24 Readers • 256 pages • 4.4

Not Lost

BySarah Maria Griffin

2013 • 259 pages

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

ByJames Clear

2016 • 1,642 Readers • 168 pages • 4.2

The Creative Gene

The Creative Gene

ByHideo Kojima

2019 • 28 Readers • 256 pages • 3.3

Spring

#3 of 2 in Seasonal

ByAli Smith

2019 • 45 Readers • 336 pages • 4

Just Ride

ByGrant Petersen

2012 • 12 Readers • 225 pages • 3.6

My Struggle: Book One

#1 of 6 in Min kamp

My Struggle: Book 1

ByKarl Ove Knausgård,Don Bartlett(translator)

2009 • 68 Readers • 430 pages • 4.2

Adventures in the Screen Trade

Adventures in the Screen Trade A Personal View of Hollywood

ByWilliam Goldman

1983 • 29 Readers • 608 pages • 3.8

Summer

#4 of 3 in Seasonal Quartet

ByAli Smith

2020 • 33 Readers • 400 pages • 4.5

Building the Cycling City

Building the Cycling City

ByMelissa Bruntlett,Chris Bruntlett

2018 • 6 Readers • 240 pages • 4.3

Winter

#2 of 2 in Seasonal

ByAli Smith

2017 • 47 Readers • 321 pages • 4.1

Cain's Jawbone

ByEdward Powys Powys Mathers

2021 • 12 Readers • 224 pages • 4

Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

BySara Marcus

2010 • 27 Readers • 367 pages • 4.4

Scary Monsters

ByMichelle de Kretser

2022 • 7 Readers • 289 pages • 3

Design for the Real World

Design for the Real World

ByVictor Papanek

2019 • 4 Readers • 394 pages

Fierce Appetites: Loving, Losing and Living to Excess in My Present and in the Writings of the Past

Fierce Appetites: Loving, Losing and Living to Excess in My Present and in the Writings of the Past

ByElizabeth Boyle

2022 • 256 pages

Ill will

ByDan Chaon

2017 • 33 Readers • 461 pages • 3.8

Dilla Time

ByDan Charnas

2022 • 1 Reader

Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy

Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy

ByMartin Paul Eve

2021 • 1 Reader • 445 pages

Providence Compendium

#1-12 of 6 in Providence

Providence Compendium

ByAlan Moore

2018 • 6 Readers • 4.5

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Four Thousand Weeks

Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It

ByOliver Burkeman

2 Readers • 4

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

ByKier-la Janisse

2012 • 2 Readers • 5

20 Master Plots

20 Master Plots

ByRonald B. Tobias

2012 • 2 Readers • 288 pages • 2

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The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark

ByDerek Taylor

1981 • 182 pages

Deep Work

ByCal Newport

2016 • 682 Readers • 296 pages • 4.1

Decoding the Heavens

Decoding the Heavens

ByJo Marchant

1 Reader

Acceptance

#3 of 4 in Southern Reach

ByJeff VanderMeer

2014 • 307 Readers • 353 pages • 3.6

So Good They Can't Ignore You

So Good They Can't Ignore You

ByCal Newport

2012 • 276 Readers • 288 pages • 4

You've Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life

You've Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life

ByClark Collis

2021 • 4 Readers • 408 pages • 4.5

Best. Movie. Year. Ever.

Best. Movie. Year. Ever.

ByBrian Raftery

2019 • 3 Readers • 416 pages • 4

Emergent Strategy

Emergent Strategy

ByAdrienne Maree Brown

2017 • 38 Readers • 274 pages • 4.2

Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

ByGrant Petersen

2014 • 1 Reader • 5

The Hero of Ages

#3 of 7 in The Mistborn Saga

The Hero of Ages

ByBrandon Sanderson

2008 • 1,529 Readers • 690 pages • 4.6

Priestdaddy

ByPatricia Lockwood

102 Readers • 3.9

You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way

You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way

ByAdam J. Kurtz

8 Readers • 4.2

Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade

Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade

ByWilliam Goldman

2000 • 4 Readers

The Well of Ascension

#2 of 7 in The Mistborn Saga

The Well of Ascension

ByBrandon Sanderson

2007 • 1,661 Readers • 815 pages • 4.3

Trick Mirror

ByJia Tolentino

2019 • 300 Readers • 272 pages • 4.2

Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

ByGayle Laakmann McDowell

2008 • 40 Readers • 500 pages • 3.6

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

ByThomas Ligotti

2015 • 77 Readers • 464 pages • 3.8

Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties

Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties

ByIan MacDonald

1994 • 1 Reader

Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome

Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome

ByMatthew Holness

2022 • 20 Readers • 295 pages • 4.3

Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

BySabine Hossenfelder

2022 • 36 Readers • 269 pages • 3.7

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Three Castles Burning

Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets

ByDonal Fallon

1 Reader • 306 pages

Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud

Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud

ByBrendan Gregg

2013 • 2 Readers • 777 pages

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

ByJohn Koenig

2021 • 47 Readers • 288 pages • 4.4

Prisoners of Geography

#1 of 5 in Politics of Place

Prisoners of Geography

ByTim Marshall

2015 • 226 Readers • 256 pages • 3.9

The Staff Engineer's Path

The Staff Engineer's Path

ByTanya Reilly

2022 • 38 Readers • 305 pages • 3.9

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

ByCharles Petzold

1999 • 159 Readers • 400 pages • 4.3

Enemy of All Mankind

Enemy of All Mankind

BySteven Johnson

2020 • 25 Readers • 300 pages • 3.7

A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills

A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills

ByJay Wengrow

2020 • 3 Readers • 250 pages

The Swerve

ByStephen Greenblatt

2011 • 20 Readers • 356 pages • 3.7

Every Love Story is a Ghost Story

Every Love Story is a Ghost Story

ByDaniel T. Max

2012 • 11 Readers • 370 pages • 3.8

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters

ByAnna Anthropy

2012 • 9 Readers • 208 pages • 3

A-frame

ByChad Randl

2004 • 1 Reader

Reamde

ByNeal Stephenson

2011 • 289 Readers • 1,044 pages • 4

More Pricks Than Kicks

More Pricks Than Kicks

BySamuel Beckett

1934 • 2 Readers • 204 pages

Parisians

ByGraham Robb

2010 • 5 Readers • 476 pages • 3.5

Kraken

ByChina Miéville

2010 • 149 Readers • 509 pages • 3.6

Filthy English: The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing

Filthy English: The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing

ByPeter Silverton

2009 • 314 pages

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

ByKazuo Ishiguro

2000 • 1,436 Readers • 282 pages • 3.8

Image, Music, Text

Image, Music, Text

ByRoland Barthes,Stephen Heath(Translator)

1977 • 14 Readers • 220 pages • 4

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo

ByWerner Herzog

2004 • 7 Readers • 306 pages

The Secret Lives Of Buildings: From The Parthenon To The Vegas Strip In Thirteen Stories

The Secret Lives Of Buildings: From The Parthenon To The Vegas Strip In Thirteen Stories

ByEdward Hollis

2009 • 388 pages

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

ByDouglas R. Hofstadter

1979 • 369 Readers • 832 pages • 4.5

The Blind Assassin

The Blind Assassin

ByMargaret Atwood

2000 • 266 Readers • 656 pages • 4

Open

ByAndre Agassi,J.R. Moehringer

2009 • 97 Readers • 388 pages • 4.4

Freedom

ByJonathan Franzen

2010 • 142 Readers • 562 pages • 3.9

That Neutral Island: A History of Ireland during the Second World War

That Neutral Island: A History of Ireland during the Second World War

ByClair Wills

2007 • 499 pages

The Strain

#1 of 3 in The Strain Trilogy

ByGuillermo del Toro,Chuck Hogan

2009 • 170 Readers • 424 pages • 3.6

Killing Floor

#1 of 29 in Jack Reacher

ByLee Child

1997 • 72 Readers • 544 pages • 3.7

Makers

ByCory Doctorow

2009 • 46 Readers • 416 pages • 3.5

The Four Gospels: The Pocket Canons Edition

The Four Gospels: The Pocket Canons Edition

ByA.N. Wilson(Introduction),Unknown(Introduction)

2010 • 321 pages

The Year of the Flood

#2 of 3 in MaddAddam

The Year of the Flood

ByMargaret Atwood

2009 • 212 Readers • 434 pages • 4

Who Really Runs Ireland?

Who Really Runs Ireland?

ByMatt Cooper

2009 • 599 pages

How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

ByAlain de Botton

1997 • 42 Readers • 224 pages • 3.2

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

ByItalo Calvino,William Weaver(Translator)

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City

ByGreg Grandin

2009 • 1 Reader • 432 pages

Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer!: Writings on Bruce Willis, Badass Cinema and Other Important Topics

Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer!: Writings on Bruce Willis, Badass Cinema and Other Important Topics

ByVern

2010 • 320 pages

Life of Pi

ByYann Martel

1980 • 969 Readers • 480 pages • 3.8

Narrative and Stylistic Patterns in the Films of Stanley Kubrick

Narrative and Stylistic Patterns in the Films of Stanley Kubrick

ByLuis M. García Mainar

1999 • 257 pages

The Gunslinger

#1 of 7 in The Dark Tower

ByStephen King

1976 • 1,305 Readers • 238 pages • 3.6

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

ByAngela Carter

1972 • 29 Readers • 225 pages • 3.8

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The Age of Wonder

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

ByRichard Holmes

2 Readers

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

ByDavid Foster Wallace

1997 • 140 Readers • 353 pages • 4.2

Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics

Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics

ByFrederic Spotts

2002 • 1 Reader • 464 pages

Under the Dome

ByStephen King

2009 • 474 Readers • 640 pages • 3.8

Unit Operations : An Approach to Videogame Criticism

Unit Operations : An Approach to Videogame Criticism

ByIan Bogost

2006 • 4 Readers • 243 pages • 4

The Complete Cosmicomics

The Complete Cosmicomics

ByItalo Calvino,Martin McLaughlin(Translator)

1997 • 44 Readers • 402 pages • 4.1

At Swim-Two-Birds

At Swim-Two-Birds

ByFlann O'Brien

1939 • 13 Readers • 216 pages • 2.7

Girl with Curious Hair

Girl With Curious Hair

ByDavid Foster Wallace

1989 • 27 Readers • 373 pages • 3.4

It's Only a Movie

It's Only a Movie

ByMark Kermode

2010 • 3 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

Consider the Lobster

ByDavid Foster Wallace

2005 • 188 Readers • 343 pages • 4.3