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National Book Award for Fiction Public

John Casey: Spartina (Hardcover, 1989, Alfred A. Knopf) Pete Dexter: Paris Trout (Hardcover, 1988, Random House) Larry Heinemann: Paco's Story (Hardcover, 1986, Farrar Straus Giroux) E. L. Doctorow: World's Fair (Hardcover, 1985, Random House) Don DeLillo: White Noise (Hardcover, 1985, Elisabeth Sifton Books)

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Italiano Public

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

Italian-language works which …

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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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FinishedReading2025 Public

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Sam J. Miller: Blackfish City (2018, Ecco)

 Joe Abercrombie: The Wisdom of Crowds (Hardcover, 2021, Orbit) The Trouble With Peace (2020, Orion Publishing Group, Limited) Joe Abercrombie: A Little Hatred (Hardcover, 2019, Orbit) Nick Harkaway: Titanium Noir (2023, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
 

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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)

Books selected for San Franci…

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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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Books Devoured by Bears Public

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Kamilah Cole: This Ends in Embers (2025, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

 Emily Faas: Those Who Bear Scars (2023) Becky Chambers: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Hardcover, 2022, Tordotcom) Stone Fruit (GraphicNovel, english language, Fantagraphics Books) Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (EBook, 2021, Tor.com)
 

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Passes the "Bechdel Test" Public

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) Veronica Roth: Void (EBook, 2023, Amazon Original Stories) Django Wexler: Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me (EBook, 2025, Orbit)

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Climate Fiction Public

Atmosphæra Incognita (2019, Subterranean) Nnedi Okorafor: Binti (EBook, 2015, Tor.com) Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, Roberta Spindler, Carlos Orsi, Telmo Marcal, Romeu Martins, Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa, Gabriel Cantareira, Daniel I. Dutra: Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World (2018, World Weaver Press) Kim Stanley Robinson: Ministry for the Future (2020, Orbit) Becky Chambers: Monje y Robot (Paperback, Castellano language)

A selection of (mostly specul…

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Essays Public

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) 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) Raymond Williams: Culture and materialism (Paperback, 2005, Verso) Bill Henderson: 2018 pushcart prize XLII (2018) Ann Charters: The Portable Beat reader (1992)
 

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Art Public

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) Robert Beverly Hale: Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters: 100 Great Drawings Analyzed, Figure Drawing Fundamentals Defined (1989)
 

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