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Book Recommendations for History & Criticism in 2023

There are 91 history & criticism books recommended by the community in 2023.
Daytripper
Daytripper
Fabio Moon
4.7
Comments: 18
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
4.4
Comments: 15
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How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives
How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives
Zachary Auburn
4.0
Comments: 11
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud
4.7
Comments: 9
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What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal
What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal
E. Jean Carroll
4.1
Comments: 5
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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
Stewart Brand
4.5
Comments: 4
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Dungeons & Dragons Tactical Maps Reincarnated (D&D Accessory)
Dungeons & Dragons Tactical Maps Reincarnated (D&D Accessory)
Wizards RPG Team
4.2
Comments: 3
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The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing
The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing
Michael Meyer
4.2
Comments: 3
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Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga
Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga
Hirohiko Araki
4.8
Comments: 3
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Jameson on Jameson: Conversations on Cultural Marxism (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
Jameson on Jameson: Conversations on Cultural Marxism (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
Fredric Jameson, Ian Buchanan
5.0
Comments: 3
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
4.1
Comments: 3
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The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Revised Edition)
The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Revised Edition)
Karen Wynn Fonstad
4.7
Comments: 3
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How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps: Step by Step Cartography for Gamers and Fans
How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps: Step by Step Cartography for Gamers and Fans
Jared Blando
4.7
Comments: 3
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jia Tolentino
4.6
Comments: 3
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Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Patrick O'Brian
4.6
Comments: 3
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The World of RWBY
The World of RWBY
Daniel Wallace, Rooster Teeth Productions
4.8
Comments: 2
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The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
Thomas Ligotti, Ray Brassier
4.3
Comments: 2
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The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
4.4
Comments: 2
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The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time
The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time
Marshall McLuhan, W Terrence Gordon
5.0
Comments: 2
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Shelley Unbound: Discovering Frankenstein's True Creator
Shelley Unbound: Discovering Frankenstein's True Creator
Scott D. de Hart, Joseph P. Farrell
4.6
Comments: 2
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50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
Salvador Dali, Haakon M. Chevalier
4.4
Comments: 2
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The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel XXL (Multilingual Edition)
The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel XXL (Multilingual Edition)
Julia Voss
5.0
Comments: 2
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The Draw Any Animal Book: 100 Simple Step-by-Step Drawing Sequences for Every Kind of Creature
The Draw Any Animal Book: 100 Simple Step-by-Step Drawing Sequences for Every Kind of Creature
Robert Lambry
4.6
Comments: 2
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Heraldry in Northern Canada: First Edition
Heraldry in Northern Canada: First Edition
Jonathan Eliuk
4.2
Comments: 2
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Figure Drawing for All It's Worth
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth
Andrew Loomis
4.7
Comments: 2
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Language As Disclosure: Reading Language in the Works of Five American Modernists
Language As Disclosure: Reading Language in the Works of Five American Modernists
Carolyn Norman Slaughter
4.8
Comments: 2
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia
Barry Cunliffe
4.6
Comments: 2
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THINKING HORROR: A JOURNAL OF HORROR PHILOSOPHY VOLUME 2: THE HORROR BOOM
THINKING HORROR: A JOURNAL OF HORROR PHILOSOPHY VOLUME 2: THE HORROR BOOM
s.j. bagley, John Skipp
4.0
Comments: 2
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Oh, The Meetings You'll Go To!: A Parody
Oh, The Meetings You'll Go To!: A Parody
Dr. Suits
4.4
Comments: 2
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Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth
Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth
Robert Stuart
4.4
Comments: 2
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Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate
Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate
Brian McDonald
4.8
Comments: 2
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The Tain: Translated from the Irish Epic Tain Bo Cuailnge
The Tain: Translated from the Irish Epic Tain Bo Cuailnge
Thomas Kinsella
4.6
Comments: 2
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Borges Beyond the Visible
Borges Beyond the Visible
Max Ubelaker Andrade
4.6
Comments: 2
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Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
Grady Hendrix
4.6
Comments: 2
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Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos
Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos
Bobby Derie
4.3
Comments: 2
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Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI (Latin Edition) (Bks. 1-6) (English and Latin Edition)
Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI (Latin Edition) (Bks. 1-6) (English and Latin Edition)
Virgil, Alexander G. McKay
4.2
Comments: 2
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Notes From Underground
Notes From Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.2
Comments: 2
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The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
Thomas Ligotti
4.2
Comments: 2
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Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Penguin Classics)
Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Penguin Classics)
Peter France
3.4
Comments: 1
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Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People
Michael Page, Visit Amazon's Michael Page Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralMichael Page
4.8
Comments: 1
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Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
Olav Velthuis
4.4
Comments: 1
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Visit Amazon's Katherine Tiernan O'Connor Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralKatherine Tiernan O'Connor
4.4
Comments: 1
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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq
Alfred MacAdam
4.1
Comments: 1
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The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Peter Ackroyd, Ted Stearn
4.0
Comments: 1
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Ghostly Apparitions: German Idealism, the Gothic Novel, and Optical Media (Zone Books)
Ghostly Apparitions: German Idealism, the Gothic Novel, and Optical Media (Zone Books)
Stefan Andriopoulos
4.1
Comments: 1
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Goethe's Faust
Goethe's Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Walter Kaufmann
4.6
Comments: 1
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Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers
Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers
Joel Whitney
4.0
Comments: 1
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Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff, Mark Johnson
4.2
Comments: 1
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What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
Will Gompertz
4.5
Comments: 1
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Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science
Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science
Alan Cromer
4.3
Comments: 1
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ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
Jennifer Dasal
4.6
Comments: 1
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Olivia Laing
4.0
Comments: 1
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In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
Margaret Atwood
4.0
Comments: 1
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This Craft of Verse (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
This Craft of Verse (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
Jorge Luis Borges, Calin-Andrei Mihailescu
5.0
Comments: 1
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Tolkien
Tolkien
Raymond Edwards
5.0
Comments: 1
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Behold!!! the Protong
Behold!!! the Protong
Glenn Bray
4.8
Comments: 1
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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley
Charlotte Gordon
4.6
Comments: 1
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
A. J. Jacobs
4.0
Comments: 1
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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Will Buckingham, John Marenbon
4.4
Comments: 1
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Elevation
Elevation
Stephen King
3.7
Comments: 1
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A Hellenistic Anthology (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
A Hellenistic Anthology (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Neil Hopkinson
4.6
Comments: 1
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The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
Denis Dutton
4.4
Comments: 1
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H. R. Giger's Necronomicon
H. R. Giger's Necronomicon
Hansruedi Giger
4.3
Comments: 1
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The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters
The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters
Frances Stonor Saunders
4.3
Comments: 1
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
David Foster Wallace
4.4
Comments: 1
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Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies
Philippe C. Schmitter, Abraham F. Lowenthal
5.0
Comments: 1
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Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music Of Language
Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music Of Language
Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.0
Comments: 1
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Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley
4.0
Comments: 1
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Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures
Robert K. Wittman, John Shiffman
4.4
Comments: 1
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The Book of Legendary Lands
The Book of Legendary Lands
Umberto Eco
4.9
Comments: 1
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Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
4.0
Comments: 1
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Studies in Words (Canto Classics)
Studies in Words (Canto Classics)
C. S. Lewis
4.4
Comments: 1
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Melville & Milton: An Edition and Analysis of Melville's Annotations on Milton (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies)
Melville & Milton: An Edition and Analysis of Melville's Annotations on Milton (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies)
Robin Grey
5.0
Comments: 1
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The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes: Second Edition
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes: Second Edition
Jonathan Rose
4.5
Comments: 1
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The Painted Word
The Painted Word
Tom Wolfe
4.4
Comments: 1
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Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations
Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations
Steven Best, Douglas Kellner
4.4
Comments: 1
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The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims (Great Books in Philosophy)
The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims (Great Books in Philosophy)
Arthur Schopenhauer, T. Bailey Saunders
4.4
Comments: 1
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Handbook for William: A Carolingian Woman's Counsel for Her Son, trans. by Carol Neel (Medieval Texts in Translation)
Handbook for William: A Carolingian Woman's Counsel for Her Son, trans. by Carol Neel (Medieval Texts in Translation)
Dhuoda, Carol Neel
5.0
Comments: 1
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The Outsider
The Outsider
Colin Wilson
3.9
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Living Soul (Norvik Press Series B No 5) (English and Swedish Edition)
Living Soul (Norvik Press Series B No 5) (English and Swedish Edition)
P.C. Jersild
5.0
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Master and Margarita: A Critical Companion (AATSEEL)
Master and Margarita: A Critical Companion (AATSEEL)
Laura Weeks
3.7
Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Connell Guide to John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
The Connell Guide to John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
Jolyon Connell, Katie Sanderson Caroline Moore
0.0
Comments: 1
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The Nature of Paleolithic Art
The Nature of Paleolithic Art
R. Dale Guthrie
4.4
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The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One)
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One)
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
4.6
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The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression
The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression
4.6
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Classical Myth (8th Edition)
Classical Myth (8th Edition)
Barry B. Powell
4.2
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Stephen King's The Dark Tower Concordance
Stephen King's The Dark Tower Concordance
Robin Furth
4.5
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Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators: Mastering the Art of Drawing from Memory
Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators: Mastering the Art of Drawing from Memory
David H. Ross
4.4
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The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels
The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels
PBS
4.6
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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
James Mustich
4.5
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
Robin Sloan
4.0
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