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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

299 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

590 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey

How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens

Benedict Carey

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction education psychology science informative slow-paced
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

576 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood

15 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont

Among the Ten Thousand Things

Julia Pierpont

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary emotional hopeful slow-paced
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

Maggie O'Farrell

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Devil in the White City (Abridged): Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City (Abridged): Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

6 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

The Power and the Glory

Graham Greene

240 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced