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30 books

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

768 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

507 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Last Psalm at Sea Level by Meg Day

Last Psalm at Sea Level

Meg Day

72 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
lgbtqia+ poetry informative slow-paced
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

992 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

397 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Fredrik Backman

1 hour, 9 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Good Omens

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

384 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

Oliver Darkshire

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0cle_hobbit's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced