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116 books

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)

5.0jmsr418's review
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
S.: A Novel about the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulić

S.: A Novel about the Balkans

Slavenka Drakulić

201 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
To Be a Friend Is Fatal: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind by Kirk Wallace Johnson

To Be a Friend Is Fatal: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind

Kirk Wallace Johnson

missing page info • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction history politics adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Letters from Palestine: Palestinians Speak Out about Their Lives, Their Country, and the Power of Nonviolence by Kenneth Ring, Ghassan Abdullah

Letters from Palestine: Palestinians Speak Out about Their Lives, Their Country, and the Power of Nonviolence

Kenneth Ring, Ghassan Abdullah

384 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
nonfiction emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Oscar Wilde

50 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)

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fiction classics mystery short stories funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

179 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jmsr418's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced