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Gilgamesh by Raoul Schrott

Gilgamesh

Raoul Schrott

341 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction classics history medium-paced
Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It by Leon Trotsky

Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It

Leon Trotsky

54 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

471 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
Alles, was wir geben mussten by Kazuo Ishiguro

Alles, was wir geben mussten

Kazuo Ishiguro

348 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Time of White Horses by Ibrahim Nasrallah, Nancy Roberts

Time of White Horses

الملهاة الفلسطينية #2

Ibrahim Nasrallah, Nancy Roberts

634 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions

Nervous Conditions #1

Tsitsi Dangarembga

298 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

387 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih

133 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction classics historical dark reflective slow-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0simonator's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced