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39 books

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

399 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

384 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 by Thomas E. Ricks

The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Thomas E. Ricks

394 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

104 pages • first pub 1776 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
nonfiction classics history philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson

52 pages • first pub 1841 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
nonfiction classics essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville

Billy Budd, Sailor

Herman Melville

166 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
fiction classics historical adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

608 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Speaker for the Dead

Ender's Saga #2

Orson Scott Card

382 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jerry I. Porras, Jim Collins

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Jerry I. Porras, Jim Collins

368 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0djaehnig's review
nonfiction business informative slow-paced