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Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals by Maurice J Casey

Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals

Maurice J Casey

418 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction history politics
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Fredrik Backman

76 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Signalman: A Ghost Story by Charles Dickens

The Signalman: A Ghost Story

Charles Dickens

75 pages • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
fiction classics dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Patriot by Alexei Navalny

Patriot

Alexei Navalny

496 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction memoir politics dark reflective sad medium-paced
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

Fintan O'Toole

624 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

325 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief by Katriona O'Sullivan

Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

Katriona O'Sullivan

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All of These People: A Memoir by Fergal Keane

All of These People: A Memoir

Fergal Keane

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced