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44 books

Long Island by Colm Tóibín

Long Island

Eilis Lacey #2

Colm Tóibín

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Brooklyn

Eilis Lacey #1

Colm Tóibín

262 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-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)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

385 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

399 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

296 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford

Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir

Lacy Crawford

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

Fintan O'Toole

624 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
LaRose by Louise Erdrich

LaRose

Louise Erdrich

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0m_berthelsen's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced