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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Philip Schuyler Allen, Jules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Extraordinary Voyages #6

Philip Schuyler Allen, Jules Verne

508 pages • first pub 1869 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
fiction classics literary science fiction adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Kory Stamper

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction memoir reference funny informative slow-paced
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

Gabrielle Hamilton

291 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

Michael Finkel

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction biography science travel adventurous reflective fast-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

4 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

Sherman Alexie

456 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

Margareta Magnusson

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard

560 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

Samantha Irby

275 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kellymy's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced