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Empty Mansions

Bill Dedman2013

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  • The Woman Who Wasn't There

    Robin Gaby Fisher2012

    The true story of Tania Head, a woman who rose to prominence as a 9/11 survivor leader before being exposed as a fraud.

    elegiac → tense, still biography

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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.

    elegiac → 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.

    elegiac → 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.

    elegiac → mysterious

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To recover

elegiac → wry

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  • Phule's Company

    Robert Lynn Asprin1990

    A wealthy captain is court-martialed and sent to lead a group of military misfits on a remote frontier planet.

    elegiac → playful

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  • Indecent exposure

    Stuart Woods2017

    A wealthy lawyer in New York and Bel-Air navigates a series of social scandals and criminal threats. He uses his connections to solve problems.

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  • Bringing home the Birkin

    Michael Tonello2008

    A man travels the world to exploit Hermès retail loopholes and resell Birkin bags. It is a memoir of high-end fashion arbitrage.

    elegiac → playful

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Faster

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  • American Kingpin

    Nick Bilton2017

    This account follows Ross Ulbricht as he builds the Silk Road dark web market and the federal agents who spend years tracking him down.

    elegiac → propulsive, still true crime

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  • The Sun and Her Flowers

    Rupi Kaur2017

    A collection of short, illustrated poems organized into five stages of growth. It covers themes of loss, trauma, and self-healing.

    elegiac → earnest

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  • Pillow Thoughts

    Courtney Peppernell2016

    A collection of short poems and prose pieces organized by emotional state. It focuses on themes of heartbreak, healing, and loneliness.

    elegiac → tender

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Slower

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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.

    elegiac → meditative

    pace-1·prose+2·bleak-1

  • 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.

    elegiac → mysterious

    pace-1·prose+2·bleak0

  • The Red Book: Liber Novus

    C.G. Jung2009

    A psychologist records his visions and internal dialogues in an illuminated manuscript created during a period of intense self-exploration.

    elegiac → dreamlike

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Heavier

elegiac → clinical, still true crime

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  • Under the Banner of Heaven

    Jon Krakauer2003

    This account links a 1984 double murder to the history and evolution of Mormon fundamentalism.

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  • The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

    Jeff Hobbs2014

    A biography of a brilliant man who went from the streets of Newark to Yale. It tracks his struggle to bridge two incompatible worlds.

    Same elegiac register, still biography

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  • Columbine

    Dave Cullen2009

    A journalist reconstructs the 1999 school shooting using police records and the killers' journals to debunk common myths.

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