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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

404 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0factandfables's review
nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • hardcover • 2006

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fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • hardcover • 2015

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nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

432 pages • hardcover • 2016

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nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
People Of The Book: The Forgotten History Of Islam And The West by Zachary Karabell

People Of The Book: The Forgotten History Of Islam And The West

Zachary Karabell

343 pages • 2007

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nonfiction history religion 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

473 pages • hardcover • 2010

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nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

448 pages • hardcover • 2015

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nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

Ruth Emmie Lang

346 pages • hardcover • 2017

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fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

Lesley Nneka Arimah

232 pages • hardcover • 2017

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fiction contemporary literary magical realism short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks

Terry Tempest Williams

416 pages • hardcover • 2016

5.0factandfables's review
nonfiction memoir nature travel reflective slow-paced