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29 books

Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan

Mayflies

Andrew O'Hagan

350 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction biography feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris

Blackberry Wine

Joanne Harris

368 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction contemporary magical realism mysterious slow-paced
Chocolat by Joanne Harris

Chocolat

Chocolat #1

Joanne Harris

306 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes

Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities

Bettany Hughes

800 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Judy Melinek

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction memoir science dark emotional informative medium-paced
Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust by Alexandra Zapruder

Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust

Alexandra Zapruder

512 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction history informative reflective sad slow-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1216 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Magician by Raymond E. Feist

Magician

The Riftwar Saga #1

Raymond E. Feist

681 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb

Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women

Christina Lamb

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction feminism history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced