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A reading list for a slower life

by Hannah Brooks

Books that ask you to pay attention, not consume.

8 October 2026

A reading list for a slower life

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For when the feed feels too fast.

  1. 01

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Le Guin

    Think with it.

  2. 02

    Plainwater

    Anne Carson

    Open anywhere.

  3. 03

    The Argonauts

    Maggie Nelson

    Genre-defying and tender.

  4. 04

    Bluets

    Maggie Nelson

    240 propositions on blue.

  5. 05

    Pond

    Claire-Louise Bennett

    A woman, a cottage, a mind.

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