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Obasan by Joy Kogawa

Obasan

Obasan #1

Joy Kogawa

320 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

4.25mel_smells444's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

352 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

4.5mel_smells444's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

4.75mel_smells444's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

4.75mel_smells444's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
The World: A Brief Introduction by Richard Haas

The World: A Brief Introduction

Richard Haas

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

2.75mel_smells444's review
nonfiction history
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

160 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

4.75mel_smells444's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

228 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mel_smells444's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition by Alfred W. Crosby

The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition

Contributions in American Studies

Alfred W. Crosby

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Safe and Sound by Philippa East

Safe and Sound

Philippa East

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

2.25mel_smells444's review
fiction mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

The Grace Year

Kim Liggett

408 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

3.0mel_smells444's review
fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced