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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

162 pages • hardcover • 1959

5.0joyful24's review
fiction classics play emotional reflective medium-paced
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness

Joshua Wolf Shenk

350 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0joyful24's review
nonfiction biography history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson

Along Came a Spider

Alex Cross #1

James Patterson

449 pages • paperback • 1993

5.0joyful24's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Cross by James Patterson

Cross

Alex Cross #12

James Patterson

393 pages • hardcover • 2006

5.0joyful24's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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 • paperback • 1994

5.0joyful24's review
nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

315 pages • hardcover • 2009

5.0joyful24's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional slow-paced
Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka

Ake: The Years of Childhood

Wole Soyinka

240 pages • paperback • 1981

5.0joyful24's review
nonfiction memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka

Lion and the Jewel

Wole Soyinka

72 pages • paperback • 1962

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fiction play challenging funny reflective slow-paced
You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir by Wole Soyinka

You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir

Wole Soyinka

499 pages • paperback • 2006

5.0joyful24's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness by Wole Soyinka

The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness

Wole Soyinka

224 pages • paperback • 1998

5.0joyful24's review
nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced