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Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker #1

Michael Lewis

256 pages • paperback • 1989

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction business economics informative fast-paced
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Bryan Burrough

592 pages • paperback • 1990

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction business history challenging informative fast-paced
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

352 pages • paperback • 1979

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy

World War II Liberation Trilogy #1

Rick Atkinson

704 pages • hardcover • 2002

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

368 pages • paperback • 1997

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous sad tense medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

1614 pages • paperback • 1960

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history challenging dark informative slow-paced
All the President's Men by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

All the President's Men

Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

480 pages • paperback • 1974

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

72 pages • hardcover • 1960

5.0owlalum's review
fiction childrens adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie Bucket #1

Roald Dahl

176 pages • paperback • 1964

5.0owlalum's review
fiction childrens classics adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #01-12

Alan Moore

416 pages • paperback • 1987

5.0owlalum's review
fiction classics comics dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced