12 Months of Reading - hosted by maddecarter

June: 2 books based on a true story
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1

Heather Morris

7 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

Diane Guerrero

257 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

12 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Before We Were Yours

Lisa Wingate

342 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

Tahereh Mafi

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

980 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot #10

Agatha Christie

347 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Laura H. by Thomas Rueb

Laura H.

Thomas Rueb

538 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional reflective slow-paced