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Books: on balance, I'm for them. These are most of the ones I've read since 2007 or so.
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L'Amour, Louis

High Lonesome

Bantam
isbn 9780553259728
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finished 08 May 2014

The Quick and the Dead

Bantam
isbn 9780553280845
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finished 08 May 2014

Lahiri, Jhumpa

The Lowland

Knopf
isbn 9780307278265
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finished 08 Oct 2017

Unaccustomed Earth

Knopf
isbn 9780676979343
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finished 12 Jun 2011

Lamwaka, Beatrice

Then and Now: Safe House Short Stories
Simone Haysom, Neema Komba, Chike Frankie Edozien

Dundrum Press
isbn 9781459738058
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finished 25 Dec 2021

Landow, George P.

Ruskin

Oxford University Press, USA
isbn 9780192876034
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finished 07 Jul 2010

Hyper/Text/Theory

Johns Hopkins University Press
isbn 9780801848384
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finished 18 Aug 2009

Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology

Johns Hopkins University Press
isbn 9780801842818
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finished 01 May 2009

Lapham, David

Stray Bullets, Vol. 2: Somewhere Out West

El Capitan
isbn 9780972714570
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finished 08 Jun 2019

Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses, Vol. 1

Image Comics
isbn 9781534307995
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finished 07 Jun 2019

Lariccia, Michael V.

Black Mane


isbn 9780977014309
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finished 20 Nov 2008

Larsen, Nella

Passing

Penguin
isbn 9780142437278
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finished 14 Feb 2009

Larsson, Stieg

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)

Knopf
isbn 9780307269997
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finished 31 Dec 2014

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

Alfred A. Knopf
isbn 9780307269980
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finished 17 Dec 2014

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

Knopf
isbn 9780307454546
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finished 04 Dec 2014

Laskey, Celia

Under the Rainbow

Riverhead Books
isbn 9780525536161
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finished 18 Apr 2021

Latour, Bruno

Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climate Regime

Polity Press
isbn 9781509530571
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finished 15 Oct 2022

Made me think about:

Lauer, Josh

Creditworthy: A History of Consumer Surveillance and Financial Identity in America

Columbia University Press
isbn 9780231216630
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finished 16 Jul 2025

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Lawrence, D. H.

Lawrence, D.H.

Women in Love

Dover Publications
isbn 9780486424583
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finished 03 Mar 2008

Lazell, Marguerite

Tour de France: The Complete History of the World's Greatest Cycle Race

Carlton
isbn 9781780974897
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finished 03 Jan 2019

Le Carré, John

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Penguin
isbn 9780143124757
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finished 16 Dec 2023

A fun read, but. It’s interesting to read about Le Carré’s reception as the deliverer of a more “realistic” spy than James Bond at the time of publication. His anti-hero in this book is edgier but basically just reads like a nihilistic, alcoholic misogynist in largely the same mold through... more >> 

Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)

Penguin Books
isbn 9780143122579
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finished 16 Oct 2018

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Three Complete Novels of the Hainish Series in One Volume--Rocannon's World; Planet of Exile; City of Illusions

Tor Books
isbn 9781250781260
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finished 05 Dec 2025

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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
Lao Tzu,

Shambala
isbn 9781611807240
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finished 12 Oct 2023

As a foundational text of human spirituality, philosophy, and politics, The Tao Te Ching is obviously worth reading on its own merits. Let alone that it’s beautiful and succinct. One thing I found especially interesting in reading this translation by noted badass Ursula K. Le Guin is that, as she... more >> 

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The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4)

Ace
isbn 9780441478125
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finished 01 Sep 2016

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle #1)

Bantam Spectra
isbn 9780553383041
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finished 22 Aug 2015

Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5)

Ace
isbn 9780441011247
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finished 01 Jan 2016

Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)

Pocket Books
isbn 9781416509639
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finished 01 Jan 2016

The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

Gallery Books
isbn 9781416509646
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finished 01 Jan 2016

The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

Gallery / Saga Press
isbn 9780689845369
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finished 01 Jan 2016

Lee, Andrea

Interesting Women: Stories

Random House Trade Paperbacks
isbn 9780812966848
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finished 15 Aug 2011

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Perennial Modern Classics
isbn 9780060935467
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finished 05 May 2008

Lermontov, Mikhail

A Hero of Our Time

Penguin Classics
isbn 9780140441765
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finished 01 Feb 2008

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Lessig, Lawrence

The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World

Vintage
isbn 9780375726446
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finished 08 Aug 2009

Leucht, Brigitte, (ed.)

Reinventing Europe: The History of the European Union, 1945 to Present
Katja Seidel (ed.), Laurent Warlouzet (ed.)

Bloomsbury Academic
isbn 9781350213074
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finished 27 Aug 2023

Levine, Caroline

The Serious Pleasures of Suspense: Victorian Realism and Narrative Doubt

University of Virginia Press
isbn 9780813922171
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finished 20 Jan 2010

Leviston, Frances

Disinformation

Picador Poetry
isbn 9781447271147
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finished 31 May 2025

Lewis, Matthew Gregory

The Monk

Penguin Classics
isbn 9780140436037
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finished 21 Feb 2009

Lewis, William Clark Meriwether

The Journals of Lewis and Clark

anboco
isbn
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finished 19 Oct 2018

Liu, Eric

The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government

Sasquatch Books
isbn 9781570618239
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finished 04 Jan 2014

Loewenstein, Antony

The Palestinine Laboratory

Verso
isbn 9781839762086
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finished 11 Oct 2024

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London, Jack

Burning Daylight

Waking Lion Press
isbn 9781600961243
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finished 15 Oct 2014

The Sea Wolf

Alan Rodgers Books
isbn 9781598184310
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finished 01 Mar 2014

Lorenz, Taylor

Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

Simon & Schuster
isbn 9781982146863
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finished 24 Mar 2024

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Lornell, Kip

The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.

University Press of Mississippi
isbn 9781604732412
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finished 27 Jan 2011

Love, Heather

Underdogs: Social Deviance and Queer Theory

University of Chicago Press
isbn 9780226761107
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finished 08 Jan 2023

Lovecraft, H.P.

The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft

Dell
isbn 9780440506607
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finished 29 Jun 2008

Luciano, Dana

Arranging Grief: Sacred Time and the Body in Nineteenth-Century America

New York University Press
isbn 9780814752234
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finished 20 Aug 2020

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Lynd, Staughton

Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law, Second Edition
Daniel Gross

PM Press
isbn 9781604864199
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finished 19 Dec 2021