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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

287 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The American Revolution: A History by Gordon S. Wood

The American Revolution: A History

Modern Library Chronicles #9

Gordon S. Wood

224 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Barack Obama

375 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction biography memoir politics challenging reflective slow-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Known World by Edward P. Jones

The Known World

Edward P. Jones

388 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

342 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction essays philosophy challenging funny reflective medium-paced
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

Samantha Power

620 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein

Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

Rick Perlstein

895 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker

Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization

Nicholson Baker

576 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0gregbrown's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced