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Dawn by Elie Wiesel

Dawn

The Night Trilogy #2

Elie Wiesel

81 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced
If a Pirate I Must Be... by Richard Sanders
If a Pirate I Must Be...
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Richard Sanders

If a Pirate I Must Be...

Richard Sanders

308 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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In the Skin of a Jihadist: A Young Journalist Enters the ISIS Recruitment Network by Anna Erelle, Erin Potter

In the Skin of a Jihadist: A Young Journalist Enters the ISIS Recruitment Network

Anna Erelle, Erin Potter

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
nonfiction biography memoir politics dark emotional informative fast-paced
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Nellie Bly

50 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
nonfiction history memoir psychology dark informative sad fast-paced
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer

A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power

Paul Fischer

353 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim

Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Suki Kim

291 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
nonfiction history memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee, David John

The Girl with Seven Names

Hyeonseo Lee, David John

10 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Haunted by Janet Smurl, Ed Warren, Jack Smurl, Lorraine Warren, Robert Curran

The Haunted

Ed & Lorraine Warren #3

Janet Smurl, Ed Warren, Jack Smurl, Lorraine Warren, Robert Curran

260 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
nonfiction horror dark medium-paced
Stop Meowing and Go the F*ck to Sleep by Rosa Silva, Diana Necșulescu

Stop Meowing and Go the F*ck to Sleep

Rosa Silva, Diana Necșulescu

32 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0taisynn's review
fiction funny lighthearted medium-paced
I Need a New Butt! by Ross Kinnaird, Dawn McMillan

I Need a New Butt!

Ross Kinnaird, Dawn McMillan

32 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction childrens funny lighthearted slow-paced