kurtwombat's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 by Kōhei Horikoshi

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1

My Hero Academia #1

Kōhei Horikoshi

192 pages • paperback • 2014

4.75kurtwombat's review
fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Walking the Black Cat by Charles Simic

Walking the Black Cat

Charles Simic

96 pages • digital • 1996 user-added

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction poetry reflective slow-paced
R.U.R - Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek

R.U.R - Rossum's Universal Robots

Karel Čapek

138 pages • digital • 1920

4.25kurtwombat's review
fiction classics play science fiction dark reflective fast-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

181 pages • digital • 2019 user-added

3.5kurtwombat's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Aubrey Beardsley by Brian Reade

Aubrey Beardsley

Brian Reade

372 pages • hardcover • 1967

4.5kurtwombat's review
nonfiction art biography history lgbtqia+
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

8 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2000

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

18 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2021

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir by Werner Herzog

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

13 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2023

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction memoir adventurous funny informative medium-paced
Mythos by Stephen Fry

Mythos

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #1

Stephen Fry

15 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2017

5.0kurtwombat's review
fiction classics historical religion adventurous funny informative medium-paced
The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

The Smartest Guys in the Room

Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

850 pages • digital • 2003

5.0kurtwombat's review
nonfiction business true crime informative medium-paced