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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

366 pages • digital • 1937

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fiction classics fantasy literary young adult adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

226 pages • paperback • 2003

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fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced
Watchmen by Alan Moore

Watchmen

Watchmen #01-12

Alan Moore

416 pages • paperback • 1987

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fiction classics comics dystopian graphic novel speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

498 pages • paperback • 1997

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nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
The Complete Works by William Shakespeare

The Complete Works

William Shakespeare

1248 pages • hardcover • 1623

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fiction classics play poetry challenging funny informative medium-paced
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein

321 pages • hardcover • 2008

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fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist on Mars

Oliver Sacks

318 pages • paperback • 1995

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nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

162 pages • hardcover • 1959

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fiction classics play emotional reflective medium-paced
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

548 pages • hardcover • 1951

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nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Eksteins

Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

Modris Eksteins

416 pages • paperback • 1989

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nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced