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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride

291 pages • paperback • 1996

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective slow-paced
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

Alexandra Fuller

301 pages • paperback • 2001 user-added

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

460 pages • paperback • 2001

5.0jolimck's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

465 pages • hardcover • 2005

5.0jolimck's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen

350 pages • paperback • 2006

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical literary romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Sarah's Key

Tatiana de Rosnay

294 pages • hardcover • 2006

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

406 pages • hardcover • 2006

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

People of the Book

Geraldine Brooks

378 pages • paperback • 2008

5.0jolimck's review
fiction contemporary historical romance informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

278 pages • hardcover • 2008

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced