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We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

We Are Not Like Them

Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

336 pages • digital • 2021

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fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

Gwen Strauss

400 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction biography history emotional informative sad medium-paced
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

383 pages • 1995

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nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J.D. Vance

288 pages • digital • 2016

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nonfiction memoir sociology informative reflective medium-paced
A Civil War by John Feinstein

A Civil War

John Feinstein

412 pages • hardcover • 1996

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nonfiction sports informative inspiring slow-paced
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

Ben Macintyre

368 pages • hardcover • 2014

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nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Ridgeline by Michael Punke

Ridgeline

Michael Punke

384 pages • hardcover • 2021

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fiction historical informative reflective tense slow-paced
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Michael Lewis

304 pages • hardcover • 2003

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nonfiction business economics sports informative inspiring medium-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

192 pages • paperback • 1928

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fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

602 pages • paperback • 1952

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced