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Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Indian Horse

Richard Wagamese

232 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

American Dirt

Jeanine Cummins

386 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction contemporary emotional sad tense medium-paced
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

The Book of Unknown Americans

Cristina Henríquez

286 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
To End All Wars: A Story of Protest and Patriotism in the First World War by Adam Hochschild

To End All Wars: A Story of Protest and Patriotism in the First World War

Adam Hochschild

496 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

449 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction historical romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House
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Kathleen Grissom

Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

Kathleen Grissom

385 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction historical emotional informative medium-paced
Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons

Elizabeth Brown Pryor

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
nonfiction biography health history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo

256 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0zena_ryder's review
fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced