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Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story by Sam Carchidi, Scott Brown

Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story

Sam Carchidi, Scott Brown

208 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction sports emotional reflective medium-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

285 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship & Espionage by Robert Lindsey

The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship & Espionage

Robert Lindsey

360 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history true crime informative tense slow-paced
American Sons: The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman by Cait Boyce, Vince Font, Christopher Boyce

American Sons: The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman

Cait Boyce, Vince Font, Christopher Boyce

324 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history true crime dark emotional slow-paced
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Daniel Okrent

468 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history politics adventurous medium-paced
The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

The Evening and the Morning

Kingsbridge #0

Ken Follett

928 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction historical emotional tense slow-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War by Bruce Henderson

Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War

Bruce Henderson

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history emotional medium-paced
We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

We Are Not Like Them

Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

Gwen Strauss

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative sad medium-paced