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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

378 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
An Apprenticeship, or the Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector

An Apprenticeship, or the Book of Pleasures

Clarice Lispector

176 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
fiction literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Revolution in the Revolution? Armed Struggle and Political Struggle in Latin America by Régis Debray, Bobbye Ortiz

Revolution in the Revolution? Armed Struggle and Political Struggle in Latin America

Régis Debray, Bobbye Ortiz

126 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum

Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

William Blum

306 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

384 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Heart of a Dog

Mikhail Bulgakov

128 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
fiction classics dystopian dark funny reflective fast-paced
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

177 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

Água Viva

Clarice Lispector

88 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0mirrortower's review
fiction literary dark reflective slow-paced