Serious Music
By Percival Everett
In my top 5 novels by the grandmaster. In Everett's best, I think, the protagonists are frigging brilliant people living in a cruel society. I found...
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Featured Lists
Gender Justice Reading List
Legal Voice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that fights for gender justice through impact litigation, policy advocacy, education, and coalition building. The list below presents some of our favorite (work-related) books.
Learn more at legalvoice.org.
Learn more at legalvoice.org.
Spookily Ever After
Spooky season reads from cozy to spicy romance
From addabook_admin
Mmm... Brains!
Despite the spooky season, this isn't actually a book list about brain-eating zombies. These books explore how the brain works (and when it doesn't) and what that tells us about our own sense of self. Are we really who we think we are?
From addabook_admin
For a Better Tomorrow
Amongst these titles, you'll find:
- Inspiring stories of resisting tyrannic governments
- Communities coming together in times of need
- Persistent, relentless showing up for civil rights and justice
- Guidance on what makes for effective, sustainable resistance movements
- Hope that a better tomorrow is within reach if we fight for it
Recent Notes
In Memoriam
By Lyndsie Clark
A very good read. The pacing and arc reminded me of the original Starship Troopers novel.
Last Stop
By Django Wexler
This is pure pulp in the best way. Sky-Captain and the World of Tomorrow meets Indiana Jones by way of airship mercenary companies in spitfires and...
The Furrow
By Valérie Manteau
I LOVED this book—an intelligent, political, and compellingly translated novel that reminded me of Jenny Erpenbeck's GO WENT GONE (one of her best...
The Butcher's Masquerade
By Matt Dinniman
I think this is the best and most consistent of the books so far. A couple of good twists, especially at the end. The titular Butcher's Masquerade...
After That Night
By Karin Slaughter
Just finished this harrowing book and I'm not sure whether I want to scream or cry or puke or reaffirm my long-held suspicion that Sheri S. Tepper...