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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

Love Medicine #6

Louise Erdrich

368 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0clairealex's review
fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective slow-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

411 pages • first pub 1978 (editions) user-added

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nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

The Memoirs of Cleopatra

Memoirs of Cleopatra #1-3

Margaret George

1139 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0clairealex's review
fiction historical romance challenging informative slow-paced
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

973 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0clairealex's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

Fall of Giants

The Century Trilogy #1

Ken Follett

985 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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fiction historical adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
Ape House by Sara Gruen

Ape House

Sara Gruen

303 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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fiction contemporary emotional tense medium-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

354 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

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fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Maid in the U.S.A. by Mary Romero
Maid in the U.S.A.
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Mary Romero

Maid in the U.S.A.

Perspectives on Gender

Mary Romero

240 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

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nonfiction gender history sociology medium-paced
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

Deborah Feldman

272 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective medium-paced
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games #2

Suzanne Collins

391 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced