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St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street by Ada Calhoun

St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street

Ada Calhoun

432 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Orange Is the New Black: My Year In a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

Orange Is the New Black: My Year In a Women's Prison

Piper Kerman

298 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Victory City

Salman Rushdie

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous challenging medium-paced
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

264 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
fiction classics crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

343 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

251 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Burmese Days by George Orwell

Burmese Days

George Orwell

276 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

258 pages • first pub 1963 (editions) user-added

5.0itsemilyshafer's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced