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The Many Lives of Anne Frank by Ruth Franklin

The Many Lives of Anne Frank

Jewish Lives

Ruth Franklin

440 pages • hardcover • 2025

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction biography history medium-paced
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

382 pages • hardcover • 2025

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative tense fast-paced
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

368 pages • paperback • 1997

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous sad tense medium-paced
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

The Good Earth

House of Earth #1

Pearl S. Buck

418 pages • paperback • 1931

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

497 pages • paperback • 1897

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fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet

Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point

Elizabeth D. Samet

259 pages • hardcover • 2007

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

308 pages • hardcover • 1993

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Well of Loneliness

Radclyffe Hall

510 pages • 1928

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Illusionist by Françoise Mallet-Joris

The Illusionist

Françoise Mallet-Joris

250 pages • paperback • 1951

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction lgbtqia+ dark emotional tense slow-paced
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

Shadow Divers

Robert Kurson

15 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2004

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced