Tackle the (Physical) Bookshelf - hosted by tayking

A book you've held on to from school
Could be a book you were forced to buy in a giant literature pack, a reading that "totally completely finished" & don't remember, or a book you just picked up while you were in school and were too busy to get around to it. Define it how you want!
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Mars in Aries by Alexander Lernet-Holenia

Mars in Aries

Alexander Lernet-Holenia

195 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih

176 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction historical dark reflective slow-paced
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

14 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

213 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Oceano Mare. Sonderausgabe. Das Märchen Vom Wesen Des Meeres by Alessandro Baricco

Oceano Mare. Sonderausgabe. Das Märchen Vom Wesen Des Meeres

Alessandro Baricco

276 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Wonder

Wonder #1

R.J. Palacio

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction business economics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses #1

Malorie Blackman

479 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction dystopian romance young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Two Faces by Manon Steffan Ros
Two Faces
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Manon Steffan Ros

Two Faces

Manon Steffan Ros

88 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

medium-paced
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

I Wish You All the Best

I Wish You All the Best #1

Mason Deaver

324 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced