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391 books

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

453 pages • paperback • 1995

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong

The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

Karen Armstrong

305 pages • paperback • 2004

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir religion informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
My Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped by Lev Raphael

My Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped

Lev Raphael

224 pages • paperback • 2009

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education by Craig M. Mullaney
The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education
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Craig M. Mullaney

The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education

Craig M. Mullaney

386 pages • 2009

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction history memoir informative inspiring slow-paced
Q & A by Vikas Swarup

Q & A

Vikas Swarup

318 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction contemporary adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

The Reader

Bernhard Schlink

216 pages • hardcover • 1995

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

291 pages • paperback • 2003

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

352 pages • hardcover • 2008

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

208 pages • hardcover • 1999

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
City of Thieves by David Benioff

City of Thieves

David Benioff

258 pages • hardcover • 2008

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction historical emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced