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127 books

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

Mike Brown

271 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction memoir science funny informative medium-paced
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

Assassination Vacation

Sarah Vowell

258 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction history travel funny informative medium-paced
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

388 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction history true crime informative fast-paced
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard

368 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games #2

Suzanne Collins

391 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller

The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

Scott Miller

422 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Michael Duffy, Nancy Gibbs

The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

Michael Duffy, Nancy Gibbs

641 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

592 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Mary Roach

348 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0kate_reads's review
nonfiction science funny informative fast-paced