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49 books

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple

330 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
fiction contemporary adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way by Lars Mytting

Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

Lars Mytting

192 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea by Hyeonseo Lee, David John

The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

Hyeonseo Lee, David John

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

The Martian #1

Andy Weir

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars

We Were Liars #1

E. Lockhart

250 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
fiction contemporary mystery young adult emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

316 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

224 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
nonfiction biography travel adventurous reflective sad medium-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

604 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0paigem's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced