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A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home by

A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0harry_reads4fun's review
nonfiction essays challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001

Steve Coll

736 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0harry_reads4fun's review
nonfiction history politics informative tense slow-paced
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Wind, Sand and Stars

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

240 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0harry_reads4fun's review
nonfiction classics memoir travel adventurous reflective fast-paced
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

343 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0harry_reads4fun's review
nonfiction classics true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Quiet American by Graham Greene

The Quiet American

Graham Greene

180 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0harry_reads4fun's review
fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
El Imperio by Ryszard Kapuściński

El Imperio

Ryszard Kapuściński

357 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0harry_reads4fun's review
nonfiction history politics travel reflective slow-paced
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden

Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

Mark Bowden

296 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

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nonfiction history mystery dark informative tense fast-paced
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0harry_reads4fun's review
fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Conference of the Birds by Peter Sís

The Conference of the Birds

Peter Sís

160 pages • first pub 1177 (editions)

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nonfiction art poetry adventurous reflective slow-paced