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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

498 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

522 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright

469 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

Sandy Tolan

369 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

417 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz

Jack Fairweather

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional sad medium-paced
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn

The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million

Daniel Mendelsohn

512 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective slow-paced
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Everything Is Illuminated

Jonathan Safran Foer

276 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical challenging emotional funny medium-paced
Scroll of Agony: The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan by Abraham I. Katsch, Chaim Aron Kaplan

Scroll of Agony: The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan

Chaim Aron Kaplan, Abraham I. Katsch

416 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective sad slow-paced
The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy by Viktor E. Frankl

The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

Viktor E. Frankl

352 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
If This Is a Man • The Truce by Primo Levi

If This Is a Man • The Truce

Auschwitz Trilogy #1-2

Primo Levi

453 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective sad medium-paced