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Sharon Cheah2012

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  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine

    A 1776 pamphlet arguing for American independence from British rule through logical appeals regarding government and hereditary succession.

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Denser prose

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  • Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    A 4th-century bishop writes a spiritual autobiography addressed to God. He recounts his sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity.

    tender → meditative

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  • Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb2012

    A philosophical exploration of systems that thrive under stress and disorder. It argues against fragility in economics and personal life.

    tender → reflective

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  • How to Read a Book

    Mortimer J. Adler1940

    This is a guide to active reading techniques for different genres. It outlines levels of reading from basic literacy to syntopical analysis.

    tender → mysterious

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To recover

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  • A Year in Provence

    Peter Mayle1989

    A British couple moves into a farmhouse in the Lubéron region of France. The chapters follow the local customs and cuisine month by month.

    tender → wry, still travel

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  • At Home in the World

    Tsh Oxenreider2017

    A mother chronicles a nine-month trip around the world with her husband and three young children.

    tender → earnest, still travel

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  • Rendezvous with Rama

    Arthur C. Clarke1973

    A human crew intercepts and explores a giant, hollow alien cylinder passing through the solar system. It is a technical study of the unknown.

    tender → clinical

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Faster

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  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

    Neil deGrasse Tyson2017

    A summary of the origin of the universe, the laws of physics, and the nature of space and time.

    tender → playful

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  • Steal Like an Artist

    Austin Kleon2012

    A series of short, illustrated principles for creative work. It focuses on remixing existing ideas and establishing productive daily habits.

    tender → playful

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  • Bad Blood

    John Carreyrou2018

    A journalist tracks the rise of Elizabeth Holmes and the eventual exposure of her multibillion-dollar blood-testing startup as a fraud.

    tender → propulsive

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Slower

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  • Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    A 4th-century bishop writes a spiritual autobiography addressed to God. He recounts his sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity.

    tender → meditative

    pace-1·prose+3·bleak-1

  • How to Read a Book

    Mortimer J. Adler1940

    This is a guide to active reading techniques for different genres. It outlines levels of reading from basic literacy to syntopical analysis.

    tender → mysterious

    pace-1·prose+3·bleak0

  • The Red Book: Liber Novus

    C.G. Jung2009

    A psychologist records his visions and internal dialogues in an illuminated manuscript created during a period of intense self-exploration.

    tender → dreamlike

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Heavier

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  • A Child Called "It"

    Dave Pelzer1987

    A memoir of the author's childhood survival against severe physical and psychological abuse by his mother in California.

    tender → bleak

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  • Twelve Years a Slave

    Solomon Northup1853

    A memoir by a free Black man from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. He details twelve years of labor on Louisiana plantations.

    tender → earnest

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  • Hiroshima

    John Hersey

    The book follows six people in Hiroshima during and after the atomic bombing. It records their movements and physical symptoms.

    tender → clinical

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