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The Outsider was the first Camus I read, and it was really drat good. It really captures a kind of inexorable downward spiral in Meursault's actions and fate. I can see myself re-reading it. One of the most well-known short novels - some editions definitely have it under 100 pages, even with the illustrations - is Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which is a secular-spiritual tale of a bird honing his skills and ascending to be come seagull Jesus/Buddha. (That's a flippant summary, it's a genuinely pleasant read). In non-fiction, Laurie Penny's Meat Market is an extended essay on women's bodies under capitalism. Earlier this year I read Babbling Corpse by Grafton Tanner: another extended essay, this time discussing the sociology of vaporwave as a genre and art movement. I also really enjoyed China Mieville's London's Overthrow, which finds him exploring the city and chronicling its collapse.
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