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Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About The End of the World by Dorian Lynskey

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

This took me a little over three weeks to finish, largely because it’s so dense and informative, with many citations and quotes from literature, film, speeches, etc. it also doesn’t help that I started this shortly after the inauguration and so much of the Doomerism felt a bit too close to home at times. However, I appreciated the humorous and thoughtful insight into history’s cyclical nature and the gleams of hope we should still do our best to have, no matter how scary it gets.
Beloved by Toni Morrison

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challenging mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

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challenging reflective fast-paced

5.0

This should be required reading everywhere. Get a copy before they ban this one too
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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5.0

sobbed and then laid in bed numb and emotionless for hours

5 stars <3