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From A to X: A Story in Letters by John Berger

From A to X: A Story in Letters

John Berger

197 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Adventures in Immediate Irreality by Max Blecher

Adventures in Immediate Irreality

Max Blecher

128 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

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fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World by Victoria Finlay

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

Victoria Finlay

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced
Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky

Paper: Paging Through History

Mark Kurlansky

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Yōko Tawada

Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel

Yōko Tawada

144 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced
The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature by David J. Alworth, Peter Mendelsund

The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature

David J. Alworth, Peter Mendelsund

292 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction art design informative medium-paced
Damn Good Advice (for People with Talent!): How to Unleash Your Creative Potential by George Lois

Damn Good Advice (for People with Talent!): How to Unleash Your Creative Potential

George Lois

192 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction business design self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
What Design Can't Do: Essays on Design and Disillusion by Silvio Lorusso

What Design Can't Do: Essays on Design and Disillusion

Silvio Lorusso

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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nonfiction design essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper

The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race

Farah Karim-Cooper

335 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0swordvampire's review
nonfiction history race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play by Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant

User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play

Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction business design technology informative reflective slow-paced