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A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

A Year in Provence

Provence #1

Peter Mayle

207 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
nonfiction memoir travel funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition by Frances Mayes

Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition

Frances Mayes

304 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
nonfiction memoir travel informative lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

2 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

240 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
nonfiction economics politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones #1

Helen Fielding

281 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France, But Not the French by Julie Barlow, Jean Nadeau

Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France, But Not the French

Julie Barlow, Jean Nadeau

351 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

237 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

Sherlock Holmes #1

Arthur Conan Doyle

108 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart

Nine Coaches Waiting

Mary Stewart

342 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
fiction mystery romance dark mysterious fast-paced
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey

The Man in the Queue

Inspector Alan Grant #1

Josephine Tey

256 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0eleanor_t's review
fiction crime mystery adventurous dark medium-paced