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Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

729 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

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fiction historical challenging emotional sad slow-paced
The Dawn at My Back: Memoir of a Black Texas Upbringing by Carroll Parrott Blue

The Dawn at My Back: Memoir of a Black Texas Upbringing

Carroll Parrott Blue

303 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

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biography emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin by Myra Friedman

Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin

Myra Friedman

400 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

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nonfiction biography music emotional reflective slow-paced
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Buzz Bissinger

357 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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nonfiction sports emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam

Rocket Boys

Coalwood #1

Homer Hickam

384 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
I, Rigoberta Menchú: an Indian woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchú

I, Rigoberta Menchú: an Indian woman in Guatemala

Rigoberta Menchú

251 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

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nonfiction history memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck

Travels with Charley in Search of America

John Steinbeck

214 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

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nonfiction classics memoir travel reflective slow-paced
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

249 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

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fiction literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

103 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

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fiction classics dark emotional medium-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced