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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

473 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring 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)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction biography memoir science adventurous slow-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

A Piece of the World

Christina Baker Kline

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-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)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat

Bee Wilson

327 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

357 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Nathalia Holt

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0taytots24's review
nonfiction feminism history science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced