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111 books

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

Jacob Have I Loved

Katherine Paterson

272 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
fiction classics historical young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate

The Mysteries of Nature Series #1

Peter Wohlleben

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
All Creatures Great and Small
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James Herriot

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small #1-2

James Herriot

missing page info • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
nonfiction classics memoir funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Shrill by Lindy West

Shrill

Lindy West

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny reflective fast-paced
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens by Douglas W. Tallamy

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens

Douglas W. Tallamy

288 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
nonfiction nature science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

375 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid

355 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jj2020's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced