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The Hamlet by William Faulkner

The Hamlet

The Snopes Trilogy #1

William Faulkner

432 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Liar's Poker #2

Michael Lewis

266 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
nonfiction business economics informative tense fast-paced
Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura

Shipwrecks

Harvest Book

Akira Yoshimura

192 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
fiction historical literary reflective sad slow-paced
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk

My Name Is Red

Orhan Pamuk

417 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
fiction historical literary mystery mysterious reflective slow-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)

5.0kristymartino's review
nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

314 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction by Joan Didion

We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction

Joan Didion

1164 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
nonfiction essays memoir short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

561 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

3 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I by Robert A. Caro

The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I

The Years of Lyndon Johnson #1

Robert A. Caro

882 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0kristymartino's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced