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29 books

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer

400 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction history religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

630 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring reflective 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

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

311 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
fiction classics literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park

273 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring sad 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

378 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced
How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason

How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island

Egill Bjarnason

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction essays history travel funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott

640 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

348 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0rbruehlman's review
nonfiction education memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced