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171 books

Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Brown Girl in the Ring

Nalo Hopkinson

256 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Fall on Your Knees

Ann-Marie MacDonald

18 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

336 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

All My Puny Sorrows

Miriam Toews

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race by Rob Mundle

Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race

Rob Mundle

272 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
nonfiction history sports adventurous emotional informative fast-paced
American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar

American Dervish

Ayad Akhtar

missing duration info • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
fiction religion reflective medium-paced
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

The Time Machine

H.G. Wells

118 pages • first pub 1895 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer by Deborah Harford, Jon O'Riordan, Robert William Sandford

The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer

Deborah Harford, Jon O'Riordan, Robert William Sandford

168 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
challenging informative medium-paced
Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD by Jessica Dee Humphreys, Roméo Dallaire

Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD

Jessica Dee Humphreys, Roméo Dallaire

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0thebacklistborrower's review
nonfiction memoir psychology challenging emotional slow-paced