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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Illusions #1

Richard Bach

128 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction fantasy philosophy adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

The Shipping News

Annie Proulx

337 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction classics contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Whistle Stop, AL #1

Fannie Flagg

416 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Cider House Rules by John Irving

The Cider House Rules

John Irving

973 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

197 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

1168 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

Alas, Babylon

Pat Frank

323 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction classics science fiction challenging reflective tense slow-paced
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
nonfiction science sports adventurous informative reflective fast-paced
Deadline by Mira Grant

Deadline

Newsflesh #2

Mira Grant

581 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0sarilka's review
fiction dystopian horror science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced