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Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi

Survival in Auschwitz

Auschwitz Trilogy #1

Primo Levi

192 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie

Mitch Albom

192 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

416 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy

Profiles in Courage

John F. Kennedy

267 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Mark T. Sullivan

513 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by Michael D'Orso, John Lewis

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

Michael D'Orso, John Lewis

544 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

Jeff Hobbs

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
nonfiction biography race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Nix by Nathan Hill

The Nix

Nathan Hill

640 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly

Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery

Scott Kelly

387 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
nonfiction biography memoir science adventurous slow-paced
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

462 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0robear20's review
fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced