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The Famished Road by Ben Okri

The Famished Road

The Famished Road Trilogy #1

Ben Okri

512 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction fantasy magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Business Model You: A One-Page Method for Reinventing Your Career by Yves Pigneur, Timothy Clark, Alexander Osterwalder

Business Model You: A One-Page Method for Reinventing Your Career

Yves Pigneur, Timothy Clark, Alexander Osterwalder

257 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
nonfiction business self help informative slow-paced
Marriage Takes More Than Love by Jack Mayhall, Carole Mayhall

Marriage Takes More Than Love

LifeChange

Jack Mayhall, Carole Mayhall

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jendella's review
nonfiction religion medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place by Will Self
Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place
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Will Self

Psychogeography: Disentangling the Modern Conundrum of Psyche and Place

Will Self

256 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
nonfiction essays psychology travel adventurous funny reflective slow-paced
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

Arrow of God

The African Trilogy #3

Chinua Achebe

232 pages • first pub 1964 (editions) user-added

5.0jendella's review
fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

Super Sad True Love Story

Gary Shteyngart

331 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging funny reflective medium-paced
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
One Day I Will Write about This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina

One Day I Will Write about This Place: A Memoir

Binyavanga Wainaina

256 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jendella's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced