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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

340 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

Mrs. Pollifax #1

Dorothy Gilman

208 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction mystery funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters

The Last Camel Died at Noon

Amelia Peabody #6

Elizabeth Peters

448 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical mystery mysterious slow-paced
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton

Aunt Dimity's Death

Aunt Dimity Mystery #1

Nancy Atherton

256 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Crocodile on the Sandbank

Amelia Peabody #1

Elizabeth Peters

262 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie

Mitch Albom

198 pages • first pub 1997 (editions) user-added

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by David Oliver Relin, Greg Mortenson

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

David Oliver Relin, Greg Mortenson

349 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction biography memoir travel adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

Julie Powell

310 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

206 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction biography memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced