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The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

The Children of Húrin

Middle-earth Universe #1

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

7 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark sad medium-paced
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two

The History of Middle-Earth #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

385 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion

Middle-earth Universe

J.R.R. Tolkien

19 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous challenging slow-paced
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

179 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley

The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth

Middle-earth Universe

J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
fiction fantasy adventurous informative medium-paced
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

333 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced
Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams

Erosion: Essays of Undoing

Terry Tempest Williams

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
nonfiction essays nature challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year by Linda LeGarde Grover

Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year

Linda LeGarde Grover

200 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
nonfiction essays memoir informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

150 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0mschmidt's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced