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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

331 pages • first pub 1911 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
fiction classics middle grade hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

608 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley

Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580

Roger Crowley

341 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
nonfiction history adventurous fast-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

284 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

384 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

272 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

52 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Shel Silverstein

166 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
fiction childrens classics poetry funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

179 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0cascadianrain's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced