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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

264 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
West with the Night by Beryl Markham

West with the Night

Beryl Markham

294 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

4.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

God Emperor of Dune

Dune #4

Frank Herbert

587 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

2.75jeffphilly's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin

768 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Stephen Jay Gould

352 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

3.75jeffphilly's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose

Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring

Alexander Rose

384 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

2.75jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

447 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

4.75jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
Closing Time by Joseph Heller

Closing Time

Catch-22 #2

Joseph Heller

464 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

3.0jeffphilly's review
fiction classics challenging funny reflective slow-paced
Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry

Leaving Cheyenne

Thalia, Texas #2

Larry McMurtry

304 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

2.0jeffphilly's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Mad Science: Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World by

Mad Science: Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World

390 pages • missing pub info (editions)

2.75jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history reference science technology informative fast-paced