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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic

Randy Shilts

656 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
nonfiction health lgbtqia+ politics emotional informative sad slow-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

432 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

146 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Outwitting History: How a Young Man Rescued a Million Books and Saved a Vanishing Civilisation by Aaron Lansky

Outwitting History: How a Young Man Rescued a Million Books and Saved a Vanishing Civilisation

Aaron Lansky

326 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
nonfiction history memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The 21 Escapes of Lt. Alastair Cram by David M. Guss

The 21 Escapes of Lt. Alastair Cram

David M. Guss

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
nonfiction biography history emotional medium-paced
The Lost Olympian of the Somme by Graham McKechnie, Frederick Septimus Kelly, Jon Cooksey

The Lost Olympian of the Somme

Graham McKechnie, Frederick Septimus Kelly, Jon Cooksey

336 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
informative reflective medium-paced
TheLolitas by Louise Fazackerley
TheLolitas
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Louise Fazackerley

TheLolitas

Louise Fazackerley

79 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Puckoon by Spike Milligan

Puckoon

Spike Milligan

160 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction challenging funny informative medium-paced