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A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II by Simon Parkin

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II

Simon Parkin

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
nonfiction history informative reflective tense slow-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Empire Falls

Richard Russo

483 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

639 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

309 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
nonfiction psychology sociology informative reflective medium-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

473 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

936 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
fiction classics literary philosophy religion challenging dark reflective slow-paced
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

637 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

784 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

448 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0craigkocur's review
nonfiction biography history sports adventurous hopeful inspiring slow-paced