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Ör by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Ör

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

204 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction contemporary hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Ungfrú Ísland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Ungfrú Ísland

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

254 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

306 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
Kvika by Þóra Hjörleifsdóttir

Kvika

Þóra Hjörleifsdóttir

134 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction informative mysterious tense medium-paced
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

1Q84

1Q84 #1-3

Haruki Murakami

1157 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
fiction literary magical realism adventurous mysterious slow-paced
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

Chris Hedges

224 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War by Robin Yassin-Kassab

Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War

Robin Yassin-Kassab

262 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War by Molly Crabapple, Marwan Hisham

Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War

Molly Crabapple, Marwan Hisham

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 by Garrett M. Graff

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001

Garrett M. Graff

15 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

351 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0_axelhelgi's review
nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced