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Politics and Economics (Capitalism, Socialism, Class Struggle, political parties, etc) Public

Ha-Joon Chang: 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (2012) Alexander Zevin, Rachel Kushner, Peter Osborne, Matthew Karp, Ernesto Teuma, André Singer, Roberto Schwarz, Erika Balsom, Joseph Bryant, Mark Elvin: New Left Review 150, Nov/Dec 2024 (Paperback, New Left Review) Silky Shah, Amna A. Akbar: Unbuild Walls (2024, Haymarket Books) Terry Eagleton, Kōhei Saitō, Michael Mann, Göran Therborn, Jiwei Xiao, Peter Osborne, Rob Lucas, Lorna Finlayson, Nick Burns, Jacob Collins: New Left Review 145 (Paperback, New Left Review) Goran Therborn: Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy (2020, Verso Books)
 

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National Book Award for Fiction Public

Alice McDermott: Charming Billy (Hardcover, 1997, Farrar Straus and Giroux) Charles Frazier: Cold Mountain (Hardcover, 1997, Atlantic Monthly Press) Andrea Barrett: Ship Fever and Other Stories (Hardcover, 1996, W.W. Norton) Philip Roth: Sabbath’s Theater (Hardcover, 1995, Houghton Mifflin) William Gaddis: A Frolic of His Own (Hardcover, 1994, Poseidon Press)

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2025 Public

Lisa Harding: Wildelings (2025, HarperCollins Publishers) Kim Gordon: Girl in a Band (2015) Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund: Wills and Testaments (2019, Verso Books) Lawrence Wright: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013, Knopf) John Broderick: The pilgrimage (2004, Lilliput)
 

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Passes the "Bechdel Test" Public

Josh Rountree: The Unkillable Frank Lightning (EBook, 2025, Tachyon Publications) Nnedi Okorafor: Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach (EBook, 2023, Amazon Original Stories) Emma Cline: The Guest (EBook, 2023, Random House) James R. Benn: Billy Boyle (EBook, 2007, Soho Crime) Alafair Burke: Dead Connection (EBook, 2010, Henry Holt)

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Hugo Award for Best Novel Public

Robert Jackson Bennett: The Tainted Cup (Hardcover, 2024, Del Rey) Emily Tesh: Some Desperate Glory (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom) Lois McMaster Bujold: Mirror Dance (Hardcover, 1994, Baen) Robert A. Heinlein: Double Star (1986) T. Kingfisher: Nettle & Bone (Hardcover, 2022, Tor Books)

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FinishedReading2025 Public

R. J. Barker: Age of assassins (2017) Freida McFadden: The Boyfriend Terry Pratchett: Soul Music (1999)
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Sam J. Miller: Blackfish City (2018, Ecco)

 Joe Abercrombie: The Wisdom of Crowds (Hardcover, 2021, Orbit)
 

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sapphic, witch, romance Public

Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner: Lady's Knight (Hardcover, 2025, Storytide) Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu: Mooncakes (2019, Lion Forge, LLC, The) Magdalene Visaggio, Paulina Ganucheau: Girlmode (Paperback, 2024, HarperCollins Publishers) Sydney J. Shields: The Honey Witch (Paperback, 2024, Orbit) Carlyn Greenwald: Director's Cut (Paperback, 2024, Vintage)

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Italiano Public

Dario Spada: Gnomi, fate, folletti e altri esseri fatati in Italia (Italian language, 1989, SugarCo)

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If Books Could Kill Public

Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo: He's Just Not That Into You (Hardcover, 2004, Simon Spotlight Entertainment) Malcolm Gladwell: Blink (Hardcover, 2005, Little Brown and Company) Stephen Macedo, Frances Lee: In Covid's Wake (Hardcover, 2025, Princeton University Press) Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins: The Let Them Theory (Hardcover, 2024, Hay House) Josh Hawley: Manhood (Hardcover, 2023, Regnery)

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Queer TBR Public

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Mary Renault: The Charioteer (2003)

 Jason June: Jay's Gay Agenda (Hardcover, HarperTeen, Harperteen) Holly Stars: Murder in the Dressing Room (Paperback, 2025, Penguin Publishing Group)
 

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One City One Book (San Francisco) Public

Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Paperback, 2009, Random House Trade Paperbacks) Kathryn Ma: The Chinese Groove (Paperback, 2024, Counterpoint) Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods: This Is Ear Hustle (Paperback, 2022, Crown) Chanel Miller: Know My Name (Paperback, 2020, Penguin Books) Tommy Orange: There There (Paperback, 2019, Vintage)

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Books to Feed Bears Public

Eve L. Ewing: Electric arches (2017, Haymarket Books) S. A. Chakraborty: City of Brass (2017, HarperCollins Publishers Limited) Vajra Chandrasekera: The Saint of Bright Doors (Hardcover, 2023, Tordotcom) Lisa Lee Curtis: Brief Biographies of Badass Bitches - Volume II (EBook, 2023, Uppertown Press) Jack London: Iron Heel (Paperback, 2020, Martino Fine Books)
 

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