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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes #1

Bill Watterson

127 pages • paperback • 1987

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fiction comics adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

A Canticle for Leibowitz

St. Leibowitz #1

Walter M. Miller Jr.

334 pages • paperback • 1959

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fiction classics science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I by Laurence Davis Lafore
The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I
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Laurence Davis Lafore

The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I

Laurence Davis Lafore

284 pages

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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

Margaret MacMillan

624 pages • paperback • 2001

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
21: The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago

21: The Story of Roberto Clemente

Wilfred Santiago

200 pages • paperback • 2011

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nonfiction biography sports informative inspiring sad fast-paced
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 by Taylor Branch

Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63

America in the King Years #1

Taylor Branch

1062 pages • paperback • 1988

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nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life by Jacques Barzun

From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life

Jacques Barzun

912 pages • paperback • 2000

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nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Buzz Bissinger

357 pages • paperback • 1988

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nonfiction sports emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter #5

J.K. Rowling

811 pages • paperback • 2003

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fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Live from New York: An Oral History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller

Live from New York: An Oral History of Saturday Night Live

Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller

608 pages • hardcover • 2002

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nonfiction history funny fast-paced