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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark 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

136 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction comics history memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Philip Gourevitch

355 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

473 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

David McCullough

751 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction gender memoir religion emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley, Malcolm X

504 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction autobiography history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

215 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction biography travel adventurous reflective sad medium-paced
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

233 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0kelliecart's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative tense medium-paced