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I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan by Eliza Griswold

I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan

Eliza Griswold

160 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
nonfiction feminism poetry challenging emotional medium-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
nonfiction gender memoir religion emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Haruki Murakami

386 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

Del Valle Family #3

Isabel Allende

448 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

Love Medicine

Love Medicine #1

Louise Erdrich

367 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich

The Painted Drum

Love Medicine #8

Louise Erdrich

276 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell

The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion

Joseph Campbell

148 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

In the Time of the Butterflies

Julia Alvarez

324 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
fiction classics historical emotional informative medium-paced
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of My Ancestors by Louise Erdrich

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling Through the Land of My Ancestors

Louise Erdrich

127 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
nonfiction memoir nature travel reflective slow-paced
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

The Birchbark House

Birchbark House #1

Louise Erdrich

244 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0stennyi's review
fiction historical middle grade emotional informative reflective medium-paced