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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

626 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Oathbringer

The Stormlight Archive #3

Brandon Sanderson

1243 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us by Claude M. Steele

Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us

Claude M. Steele

242 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction education psychology sociology challenging informative slow-paced
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

320 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

983 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
World Without End by Ken Follett

World Without End

Kingsbridge #2

Ken Follett

1024 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton: The Revolution

Jeremy McCarter, Lin-Manuel Miranda

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction music informative inspiring medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bestja01's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced