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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Jonathan Freedland

376 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #1

Frank McCourt

426 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

246 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
fiction historical short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

349 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka

Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew

Shehan Karunatilaka

416 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
fiction sports challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Othello by William Shakespeare

Othello

William Shakespeare

368 pages • first pub 1603 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
fiction classics play dark emotional tense medium-paced
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Catch-22 #1

Joseph Heller

453 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
fiction classics historical literary dark funny slow-paced
Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

304 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
fiction classics play dark tense medium-paced
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie

Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories

Sherman Alexie

480 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
fiction literary short stories challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Men in the Off Hours by Anne Carson

Men in the Off Hours

Anne Carson

166 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0wijerats's review
nonfiction essays poetry challenging reflective slow-paced