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12 books

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

250 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
nonfiction classics history memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Rebecca Solnit

207 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
nonfiction essays memoir reflective relaxing slow-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

304 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

112 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride

291 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion

South and West: From a Notebook

Joan Didion

160 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
nonfiction essays memoir travel challenging reflective slow-paced
The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson

The Sea Around Us

Rachel Carson

250 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

400 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
nonfiction classics nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced
This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

239 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0stfrancisii's review
nonfiction essays history memoir challenging reflective slow-paced