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The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

The Martian #1

Andy Weir

10 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

4.75jakob's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous funny tense medium-paced
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 by Garrett M. Graff

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001

Garrett M. Graff

15 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0jakob's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

434 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0jakob's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

5 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0jakob's review
fiction classics fantasy science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

16 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.75jakob's review
nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin

A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

Andrew Chaikin

23 hours • first pub 1994 (editions)

4.0jakob's review
nonfiction history science adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings #2

J.R.R. Tolkien

331 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

4.75jakob's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl

Adam Higginbotham

13 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.25jakob's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
Odyssey by Stephen Fry

Odyssey

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #4

Stephen Fry

10 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.25jakob's review
fiction classics historical adventurous funny informative medium-paced
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

12 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 1992 (editions) user-added

4.0jakob's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced