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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove #3

Larry McMurtry

960 pages • paperback • 1985

5.0owlalum's review
fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show #1

Larry McMurtry

280 pages • paperback • 1966

5.0owlalum's review
fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

637 pages • paperback • 1989

5.0owlalum's review
fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam

720 pages • paperback • 1969

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam

Summer of '49

David Halberstam

384 pages • paperback • 1989

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

David Halberstam

734 pages • hardcover • 2007

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Fifties by David Halberstam

The Fifties

David Halberstam

816 pages • paperback • 1993

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

639 pages • paperback • 2000

5.0owlalum's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Neil Sheehan

896 pages • paperback • 1988

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Liar's Poker #2

Michael Lewis

266 pages • hardcover • 2009

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction business economics informative tense fast-paced