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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

198 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction gender memoir religion emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger

656 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction autobiography biography reflective slow-paced
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Buzz Bissinger

357 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction sports emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella

Shoeless Joe

W.P. Kinsella

265 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction fantasy sports lighthearted slow-paced
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History by Casey Michel, Casey Michel

American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History

Casey Michel, Casey Michel

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction economics challenging informative medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

264 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin

768 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
A Cornucopia of Dunderheads by John Kennedy Toole Jr.

A Cornucopia of Dunderheads

John Kennedy Toole Jr.

422 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
challenging funny medium-paced
The armor of light by Ken Follett
The armor of light
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Ken Follett

The armor of light

Kingsbridge #4

Ken Follett

861 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional informative medium-paced