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156 books

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

591 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0janie's review
fiction classics historical romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough

Morgan's Run

Colleen McCullough

848 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0janie's review
fiction historical adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

729 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0janie's review
fiction historical challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

449 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0janie's review
fiction historical romance adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Maus #2

Art Spiegelman

136 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0janie's review
nonfiction comics history memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen

192 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0janie's review
nonfiction memoir psychology dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

352 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0janie's review
nonfiction biography memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home

Mennonite #1

Rhoda Janzen

241 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0janie's review
nonfiction autobiography biography memoir reflective fast-paced
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett

This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection

Carol Burnett

266 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0janie's review
nonfiction biography memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

378 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0janie's review
nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous medium-paced