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47 books

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

200 pages • digital • 1979

5.0cjbaxter's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

224 pages • paperback • 1988

5.0cjbaxter's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

13 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2010

5.0cjbaxter's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station by Chris Hadfield

You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station

Chris Hadfield

200 pages • 2014

5.0cjbaxter's review
nonfiction science adventurous medium-paced
The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane by Matthew Hutson

The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane

Matthew Hutson

304 pages • hardcover • 2012

5.0cjbaxter's review
nonfiction psychology religion science informative reflective slow-paced
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero by William Kalush

The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero

William Kalush

6 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2006 user-added

5.0cjbaxter's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous funny informative slow-paced
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

139 pages • paperback • 1947

5.0cjbaxter's review
fiction classics play dark emotional tense fast-paced
Human Universe by Andrew Cohen, Brian Cox

Human Universe

Wonders of Brian Cox #4

Andrew Cohen, Brian Cox

288 pages • hardcover • 2014

5.0cjbaxter's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You

Me Before You #1

Jojo Moyes

369 pages • hardcover • 2012

5.0cjbaxter's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexiévich

War's Unwomanly Face

Voices of Utopia #1

Svetlana Alexiévich

247 pages • hardcover • 1983

nonfiction feminism history dark emotional sad medium-paced