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111 books

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

Sherlock Holmes #1

Arthur Conan Doyle

108 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

The Strange Library

Haruki Murakami

96 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction fantasy magical realism mysterious medium-paced
The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

172 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction classics adventurous emotional medium-paced
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

578 pages • first pub 1847 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction classics literary romance dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Haruki Murakami

314 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

A Chess Story

Stefan Zweig

112 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

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fiction classics literary short stories dark reflective tense fast-paced
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

Stephen Kinzer

384 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Reza Aslan

296 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction biography history religion challenging medium-paced
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim

Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Suki Kim

291 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction history memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced