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136 books

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

460 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Hannah Coulter

Port William

Wendell Berry

190 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

missing duration info • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
nonfiction science sports adventurous informative reflective fast-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

234 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin

768 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore #1

Robin Sloan

288 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction literary mystery romance sociology adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Autobiography of a Face

Lucy Grealy

256 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

Peace Like a River

Leif Enger

320 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Life After Life

Todd Family #1

Kate Atkinson

531 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt

264 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction middle grade emotional funny reflective medium-paced