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East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

602 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings

Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945

Max Hastings

729 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

Ariana Neumann

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

383 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy by Ben Macintyre

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

Ben Macintyre

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
J.R.: My Life as the Most Outspoken, Fearless, and Hard-Hitting Man in Hockey by Jeremy Roenick

J.R.: My Life as the Most Outspoken, Fearless, and Hard-Hitting Man in Hockey

Jeremy Roenick

304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography sports informative inspiring medium-paced
Did You Boscov Today?: A Tribute to Our Grandfather As Told by Those Who Knew and Loved Him by Jonah Boscov-Brown, Josh Aichenbaum, Amelia Xanthe Boscov
Did You Boscov Today?: A Tribute to Our Grandfather As Told by Those Who Knew and Loved Him
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Jonah Boscov-Brown, Josh Aichenbaum, Amelia Xanthe Boscov

Did You Boscov Today?: A Tribute to Our Grandfather As Told by Those Who Knew and Loved Him

Jonah Boscov-Brown, Josh Aichenbaum, Amelia Xanthe Boscov

177 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All ... the GreatestRescue Mission of World War II by Gregory A. Freeman, Gregory A. Freeman
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All ... the GreatestRescue Mission of World War II
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Gregory A. Freeman, Gregory A. Freeman

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All ... the GreatestRescue Mission of World War II

Gregory A. Freeman, Gregory A. Freeman

356 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction history emotional informative medium-paced
The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine by J. P. Webster

The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine

Landmarks

J. P. Webster

174 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history