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The Bullpen Gospels: A Non-Prospect's Pursuit of the Major Leagues and the Meaning of Life by Dirk Hayhurst

The Bullpen Gospels: A Non-Prospect's Pursuit of the Major Leagues and the Meaning of Life

Dirk Hayhurst

340 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0srgower's review
nonfiction biography sports funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

The Kingkiller Chronicle #1

Patrick Rothfuss

684 pages • first pub 2007 (editions) user-added

5.0srgower's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

The Sisters Brothers

Patrick deWitt

287 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0srgower's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound by Grant Lawrence

Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound

Grant Lawrence

286 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0srgower's review
nonfiction memoir adventurous funny medium-paced
Redshirts by John Scalzi

Redshirts

John Scalzi

317 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0srgower's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny medium-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions) user-added

5.0srgower's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos by Jonah Keri

Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos

Jonah Keri

408 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0srgower's review
nonfiction history sports informative fast-paced
The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

99 pages • first pub 1993 (editions) user-added

5.0srgower's review
fiction dystopian young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
This Is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death by

This Is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death

Machine of Death #2

492 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0srgower's review
fiction science fiction short stories dark fast-paced
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

The Tales of Dunk and Egg #1-3

George R.R. Martin

355 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0srgower's review
fiction fantasy short stories adventurous lighthearted medium-paced