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113 books

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

376 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

Never Cry Wolf

Farley Mowat

256 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous informative medium-paced
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

Out of Africa

Isak Dinesen

416 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick

Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story

Daphne Sheldrick

353 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction memoir informative slow-paced
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)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter #6

J.K. Rowling

607 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

608 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction feminism psychology informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

16 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0megclemens's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced