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136 books

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

The Invention of Wings

Sue Monk Kidd

373 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction historical literary emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Borrowers by Mary Norton

The Borrowers

The Borrowers #1

Mary Norton

180 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

473 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up on the Big Dry by Joe Wilkins

The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up on the Big Dry

Joe Wilkins

240 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
nonfiction memoir nature emotional reflective fast-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

376 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

570 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

278 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
fiction historical romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0valeriecatrow's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced