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171 books

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #1

Frank McCourt

363 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Maus #2

Art Spiegelman

144 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction comics history memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction business economics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

7 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction psychology sociology reflective medium-paced
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker #1

Michael Lewis

missing page info • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction business economics informative fast-paced
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

Liaquat Ahamed

564 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction economics history informative slow-paced
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Niall Ferguson

442 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America by Matt Taibbi

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America

Matt Taibbi

253 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction business economics politics challenging informative fast-paced
Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Freakonomics #2

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jhourihan's review
nonfiction economics sociology informative medium-paced