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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love by Rebecca Frankel

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

Rebecca Frankel

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Flight by Sherman Alexie

Flight

Sherman Alexie

181 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
fiction fantasy historical young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

215 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
nonfiction biography travel adventurous reflective sad medium-paced
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

257 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie

Reservation Blues

Sherman Alexie

306 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
fiction magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

509 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
fiction literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
Collected Short Stories: Volume 4 by W. Somerset Maugham

Collected Short Stories: Volume 4

Collected Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham #2

W. Somerset Maugham

480 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

The Hinges of History #1

Thomas Cahill

256 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

Assassination Vacation

Sarah Vowell

258 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0gbrockell's review
nonfiction history travel funny informative medium-paced