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My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile by Isabel Allende

My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

Isabel Allende

199 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse

The Taxidermist's Daughter

Kate Mosse

409 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
fiction historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

The Queen of the Tearling

The Queen of the Tearling #1

Erika Johansen

434 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
Finders Keepers by Stephen King

Finders Keepers

Bill Hodges Trilogy #2

Stephen King

448 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home by Tovah Martin

The Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home

Tovah Martin

326 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
nonfiction science informative inspiring slow-paced
Faithful by Alice Hoffman

Faithful

Alice Hoffman

258 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
Avid Reader: A Life by Robert Gottlieb

Avid Reader: A Life

Robert Gottlieb

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
nonfiction biography memoir informative reflective fast-paced
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)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

The Ox-Bow Incident

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

288 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0victoriaalexander's review
fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced