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Books Are Our Superpower

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DE Desiree Peralta · Books Are Our Superpower

“Women Are Basically Reading Porn”

And other misogynistic comments I receive when I say I’m a fiction reader

Mar 08, 2026 · 7 min read · 4,325 claps paywalled #books #women #feminism

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DR Dr. Smita · Books Are Our Superpower

A Journey Through Caroline Criado Perez’s Invisible Women

The Book Made Me Realise I was Invisible

Aug 11, 2025 · 7 min read · 1,660 claps paywalled #books-are-our-superpower #invisible-woman #feminisim

A Journey Through Caroline Criado Perez’s Invisible Women

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SE Sean Veaux · Books Are Our Superpower

5 Books That Made Me Smarter than 99% of People.

You can hack your brain to become more intelligent

Mar 10, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,410 claps paywalled #books #book-review #book-recommendations

5 Books That Made Me Smarter than 99% of People.

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RA Rachel Palmąka Mace · Books Are Our Superpower

Books That I Would Argue Are Perfection

But they’re probably not five-star reads

Jun 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 681 claps paywalled #books #reading #book-recommendations

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SE Sean Veaux · Books Are Our Superpower

10 Books That Self-Taught Geniuses Read That Made Them Great

The world stands on the foundation of these fundamental books

Jun 05, 2026 · 8 min read · 465 claps paywalled #books #book-review #reading

10 Books That Self-Taught Geniuses Read That Made Them Great

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CI Citizen Reader · Books Are Our Superpower

The (Literary) Dystopia We’re Living In

Welcome to Octavia Butler’s speculative dystopia “Parable of the Sower,” in real time

Jun 21, 2026 · 4 min read · 460 claps paywalled #books #reading #dystopia

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HE Hetal Sonpal · Books Are Our Superpower

10 Books I Will Take to the Grave

Some books you read and forget. Some stay with you lifelong.

Apr 27, 2026 · 16 min read · 428 claps paywalled #books #reading #book-review

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DE Desiree Peralta · Books Are Our Superpower

All the Ways I Get Free Ebooks Legally

Piracy is never the answer

Jul 06, 2026 · 7 min read · 422 claps paywalled #books #libraries #reading

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DR Dr. Janine Bouey · Books Are Our Superpower

The Weight of a World That Would Not Follow

The Novel that refused to let colonialism write the last word. By Chinua Achebe | Published 1958. Still Undefeated.

Mar 17, 2026 · 6 min read · 369 claps paywalled #chinua-achebe #african-literature #colonialism

The Weight of a World That Would Not Follow

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AA Aayushi Singh · Books Are Our Superpower

Stop Calling It ‘Enemies to Lovers’ if It’s Not ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Let’s be honest: two characters mildly annoying each other for three chapters isn’t a psychological war, it’s just bad communication…

Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read · 272 claps #books #creativity #romance

Stop Calling It ‘Enemies to Lovers’ if It’s Not ‘Pride and Prejudice’

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VI Vincent Halles · Books Are Our Superpower

The 2,000-Year-Old Farming Poem That Broke My Heart

Not hope, not victory, but the grace of going on.

Aug 20, 2025 · 5 min read · 252 claps paywalled #books #virgil #ancient-rome

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VI Vipul Rathod · Books Are Our Superpower

I’ve Read 30 Books So Far In 2026. These 5 Are Worth Every Minute.

Most books entertain you. These five changed the way I think, make decisions, and see the world.

Jul 13, 2026 · 4 min read · 241 claps paywalled #books #personal-development #self-improvement

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MH Mhairi Evans · Books Are Our Superpower

What Happens When a Novel Refuses to Resolve You

Virginia Woolf refuses to turn insight into healing

Jan 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 224 claps paywalled #literary-criticism #modernist-literature #close-reading

What Happens When a Novel Refuses to Resolve You

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DR Dr. Beenish Shakeel · Books Are Our Superpower

10 Fiction Books That Felt More Real Than Reality

I don’t know how invented people in invented places managed to explain my actual life back to me. But they did.

Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 210 claps paywalled #books-are-our-superpower #books #fiction

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JS J. S. Wong · Books Are Our Superpower

5 Novels by LGBTQIA+ Authors To Read for Pride

Fiction stories featuring queer and trans characters

Jun 10, 2026 · 7 min read · 201 claps paywalled #books #reading #readinglist

5 Novels by LGBTQIA+ Authors To Read for Pride

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SE Sean Veaux · Books Are Our Superpower

4 First Principles Books That Showed Me The Fundamental Nature of Reality.

Improve your intelligence by challenging the way you learn

Jul 01, 2026 · 7 min read · 197 claps paywalled #books #book-recommendations #reading

4 First Principles Books That Showed Me The Fundamental Nature of Reality.

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LE Leila Drouby, Nutritionist · Books Are Our Superpower

Brain Plasticity: This Neuroscientist Explains All the Secrets in Simple Terms

The book “ Why isn’t my brain working?” by Dr. Datis Kharrazian reveals truths about the brain function.

Jul 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 192 claps paywalled #health #mental-health #psychology

Brain Plasticity: This Neuroscientist Explains All the Secrets in Simple Terms

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AL Alfie Jane · Books Are Our Superpower

This Book From 2012 Makes Me Wonder If Censors Have Common Sense

“Eleanor and Park” by Rainbow Rowell

Feb 27, 2026 · 7 min read · 188 claps paywalled #books #reading #banned-books

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CT Ctrlzlife · Books Are Our Superpower

Gravity’s Rainbow featuring Bananas, Rockets, and the Collapse of My Sanity

There is a footnote narrated by a screaming banana.

May 15, 2025 · 3 min read · 174 claps paywalled #gravitys-rainbow #books #satire

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DR Dr. Janine Bouey · Books Are Our Superpower

The Bible That Reads Like Horror: Why Ordinary Church Bibles Feel Like the Most Violent Book Some…

Sacred text, horrifying content — and no special edition required

Apr 14, 2026 · 14 min read · 168 claps paywalled #biblical-violence #horror-literature #sacred-texts

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SH Shreya Kandra 🧨 · Books Are Our Superpower

Books That Taught Me More Than My School

Wish I could have read them sooner

Jul 14, 2026 · 6 min read · 168 claps paywalled #books #book-recommendations #reading

Books That Taught Me More Than My School

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DE Desiree Peralta · Books Are Our Superpower

My Favorite LGBTQ+ Fiction Books To Read This Month

These five books remind us why queer stories matter

Jun 06, 2026 · 7 min read · 166 claps paywalled #books #book-review #book-recommendations

My Favorite LGBTQ+ Fiction Books To Read This Month

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AL Alfie Jane · Books Are Our Superpower

The Best Books I Read In June 2026

Finally! I have time for reading!

Jul 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 166 claps paywalled #books #reading #book-recommendations

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LA Laura Westford · Books Are Our Superpower

The Best Books I Read in May 2026

Getting through the never-ending reading list

Jun 11, 2026 · 6 min read · 156 claps paywalled #books #reading #culture

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AM Amirali Banani · Books Are Our Superpower

The Differences between Hector and Achilles in The Iliad by Homer

Comparing The Iliad’s two greatest warriors

Jan 08, 2024 · 3 min read · 156 claps #greek-mythology #iliad #achilles