A Novel
by Blake Crouch
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Recommended by 4 notable people, including Sophie Bakalar and Cleo Abram
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Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie_x0097_when his reality shatters. 'Are you happy in your life'Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he aw...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Time Travel, Thriller & Suspense, and Mystery & Crime.
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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