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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

14 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Lexicon by Max Barry

Lexicon

Max Barry

12 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

8 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0herk's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Defekt by Nino Cipri

Defekt

LitenVerse #2

Nino Cipri

166 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

7 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging dark medium-paced
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

Middlegame

Alchemical Journeys #1

Seanan McGuire

17 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery by Marjorie Spiegel

The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery

Marjorie Spiegel

128 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0herk's review
nonfiction philosophy race challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

The Angel of the Crows

Katherine Addison

16 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous slow-paced
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

Borne

Borne #1

Jeff VanderMeer

12 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0herk's review
fiction dystopian science fiction speculative fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced