Leave the Comfort Zone 2022 - Level #2 - hosted by lalu

A Book that's inspiring or relaxing, slow-paced, and longer than 500 pages / 16 hours
These three attributes seemed to make up the majority of last year's challenge...  Imagine me smiling maliciously while stroking my cat like a villain. 
All books added
The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers

502 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Beatrix Potter: The Extraordinary Life of a Victorian Genius by Linda Lear

Beatrix Potter: The Extraordinary Life of a Victorian Genius

Linda Lear

583 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history nature informative inspiring slow-paced
Child Star: An Autobiography by Shirley Temple Black

Child Star: An Autobiography

Shirley Temple Black

546 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Have You Seen Luis Velez?

Catherine Ryan Hyde

500 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle to Survive in Nazi-Occupied Poland by Betty Lauer

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle to Survive in Nazi-Occupied Poland

Betty Lauer

563 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
Women's Experiences in the Holocaust: In Their Own Words by Agnes Grunwald-Spier

Women's Experiences in the Holocaust: In Their Own Words

Agnes Grunwald-Spier

541 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative inspiring slow-paced
The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure & Betrayal by Howard Blum

The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure & Betrayal

Howard Blum

528 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring slow-paced
Blowing the Lid: Gay Liberation, Sexual Revolution and Radical Queens by Stuart Feather

Blowing the Lid: Gay Liberation, Sexual Revolution and Radical Queens

Stuart Feather

576 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Dress Thief by Natalie Meg Evans

The Dress Thief

Natalie Meg Evans

564 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

768 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced