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129 books

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

Bill Bryson

10 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen

Harry Potter #1

J.K. Rowling

334 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Bossypants by Tina Fey

Bossypants

Tina Fey

277 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

323 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

A Storm of Swords

A Song of Ice and Fire #3

George R.R. Martin

1216 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Lucky by Alice Sebold

Lucky

Alice Sebold

256 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

432 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
What Is the What by Dave Eggers

What Is the What

Dave Eggers

538 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0reasek's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced