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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

353 pages • first pub 1811 (editions)

5.0boothdwellerbooks's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0boothdwellerbooks's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

An Old-Fashioned Girl

Louisa May Alcott

288 pages • first pub 1869 (editions)

5.0boothdwellerbooks's review
fiction classics young adult lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

328 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

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fiction contemporary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

David McCullough

751 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

How to Be a Woman

Caitlin Moran

320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

242 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0boothdwellerbooks's review
nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

336 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

302 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

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nonfiction history adventurous informative sad slow-paced