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Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall, Denver Moore

Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

Same Kind of Different as Me #1

Ron Hall, Denver Moore

237 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Divine Secrets of the YA-YA Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Divine Secrets of the YA-YA Sisterhood

Ya Yas #1

Rebecca Wells

383 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition by Frances Mayes

Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition

Frances Mayes

304 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
nonfiction memoir travel informative lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

The Brutal Telling

Chief Inspector Gamache #5

Louise Penny

384 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
A Question of Belief by Donna Leon

A Question of Belief

Commissario Brunetti #19

Donna Leon

262 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

576 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Empire Falls

Richard Russo

483 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

14 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

229 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jolimck's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced