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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Several Short Sentences About Writing

Verlyn Klinkenborg

224 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction reference informative reflective slow-paced
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

Joy-Ann Reid

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction biography history race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

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

5.0robertpjones's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War by Nicholas Lemann

Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War

Nicholas Lemann

257 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history challenging reflective slow-paced
How Fiction Works by James Wood

How Fiction Works

James Wood

265 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction reference challenging reflective slow-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

5.0robertpjones's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

368 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Jack by Marilynne Robinson

Jack

Gilead #4

Marilynne Robinson

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced