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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

32 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction classics fantasy science fiction short stories dark reflective fast-paced
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
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Robert M. Pirsig

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Phaedrus #1

Robert M. Pirsig

464 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction classics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Instructions for Traveling West: Poems by Joy Sullivan

Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

Joy Sullivan

135 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin

Fresh Water for Flowers

Valérie Perrin

474 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Year of Miracles by Ella Risbridger

The Year of Miracles

Ella Risbridger

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction cookbook food and drink emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

238 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction essays feminism gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10 by Roger Zelazny

The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10

The Chronicles of Amber #1-10

Roger Zelazny

1264 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit

Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir

Rebecca Solnit

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction feminism memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba

A Luminous Republic

Andrés Barba

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction contemporary literary dark reflective medium-paced