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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

Rebecca Donner

576 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

264 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction classics crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays

Lauren Hough

306 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir reflective medium-paced
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

The Brown Sisters #1

Talia Hibbert

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

148 pages • first pub 1889 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction classics fantasy historical adventurous funny reflective slow-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

309 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
And Then There Were None: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None: A Mystery Play in Three Acts

Agatha Christie

106 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0lit_stacks's review
fiction classics crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced