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65 books

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
fiction classics literary young adult emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

Ordinary Grace

William Kent Krueger

307 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

The Paris Wife

Paula McLain

320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
fiction historical romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey

Wool Omnibus

Silo #1

Hugh Howey

539 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad 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 • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

14 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

179 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge #1

Elizabeth Strout

270 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jenwestpfahl's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced