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31 books

True Grit by Charles Portis

True Grit

Charles Portis

6 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction classics historical adventurous funny fast-paced
Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson

Dustbin Baby

Jacqueline Wilson

160 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction middle grade lighthearted reflective fast-paced
20th Century Poetry and Poetics by Gary Geddes

20th Century Poetry and Poetics

Gary Geddes

974 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
nonfiction poetry reference informative medium-paced
Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda

Selected Poems

Pablo Neruda

508 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction classics poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Speaker for the Dead

Ender's Saga #2

Orson Scott Card

382 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice

Imperial Radch #1

Ann Leckie

12 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

152 pages • first pub 1953 (editions) user-added

5.0storyorc's review
fiction classics historical play dark tense medium-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

Jorge Luis Borges

256 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0storyorc's review
fiction classics essays short stories reflective slow-paced