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The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling

Cormoran Strike #1

Robert Galbraith

464 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin

The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade

Hannah Durkin

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative sad slow-paced
My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin by John Whittington Franklin, Buck Colbert Franklin

My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin

John Whittington Franklin, Buck Colbert Franklin

288 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
nonfiction autobiography challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

350 pages • first pub 1947 (editions) user-added

5.0lanie_b's review
nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

374 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1

Ransom Riggs

382 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
fiction fantasy historical horror young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner

Secrets of a Charmed Life

Susan Meissner

416 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
fiction historical emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell, Anine Kierulf

1984

George Orwell, Anine Kierulf

361 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter #1

J.K. Rowling

271 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0lanie_b's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced