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116 books

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis by David Foster Wallace

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis

David Foster Wallace

158 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
nonfiction essays sports informative reflective medium-paced
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

204 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
fiction classics adventurous dark funny fast-paced
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

404 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

158 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

Nick Bilton

344 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
nonfiction biography technology true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

Steven Johnson

304 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated by Shea Serrano

Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

Shea Serrano

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
nonfiction essays sports funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

Roger Lowenstein

304 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
nonfiction business economics informative fast-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles W. Goddard

524 pages • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump #1

Winston Groom

241 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0tim_ohearn's review
fiction classics historical adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced