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The Quran

Allah2016

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  • Adult children of emotionally immature parents

    Lindsay C. Gibson2015

    A psychologist categorizes types of emotionally unavailable parents. The book provides strategies for adult children to establish boundaries.

    devotional → earnest

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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.

    devotional → 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.

    devotional → 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.

    devotional → mysterious

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To recover

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  • Stardust

    Neil Gaiman1999

    A young man crosses a magical border to retrieve a fallen star for his beloved. He discovers the star is a woman being hunted by witches.

    devotional → playful

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  • Ringworld

    Larry Niven1970

    Four explorers travel to a massive artificial ring around a distant star. The story focuses on the mechanics and scale of the structure.

    devotional → playful

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  • The Da Vinci Code

    Dan Brown2003

    A symbologist and a cryptologist flee the police while solving puzzles hidden in art. They search for a secret regarding the Holy Grail.

    devotional → propulsive

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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.

    devotional → 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.

    devotional → 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.

    devotional → propulsive

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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.

    devotional → 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.

    devotional → 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.

    devotional → clinical

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