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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

368 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

The Good Earth

House of Earth #1

Pearl S. Buck

418 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

497 pages • first pub 1897 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet

Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point

Elizabeth D. Samet

259 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

308 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Well of Loneliness

Radclyffe Hall

510 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Illusionist by Françoise Mallet-Joris

The Illusionist

Françoise Mallet-Joris

250 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
fiction lgbtqia+ dark emotional tense slow-paced
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

Shadow Divers

Robert Kurson

15 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2004 (editions) user-added

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

453 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong

The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

Karen Armstrong

305 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0chriswolak's review
nonfiction memoir religion informative inspiring reflective slow-paced