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120 reviews

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Made archival research a gripping yarn.
Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

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adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.0

A little story about a massive trauma.
Mammoth by Chris Flynn

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

Thai was sooooo much fun.
I got invested is a fossil.
I cried.
The BEST twist.
White Australia Has A Black History: William Cooper and First Nations Peoples' Political Activism by Barbara Miller

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challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

3.25


The disremembering of the struggle of the First People is a crime in itself this book helps correct.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

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medium-paced

0.5

Riddled with historical inaccuracies from a book that claims the opposite.
Brave by Rose McGowan

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hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

How storing! If 5% is true it’s no wonder how this woman has such a fire in her belly. Great insights into how actors are permanently in a role.
Time and Time Again by Ben Elton

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

3.75

Great premise history nerds will love ‘if you could stop the moment that sent history south!’.

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

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adventurous medium-paced

3.0

A cool side story on September 11.
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

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dark informative medium-paced

4.0

Shows the legacy of slavery on a family.