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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

256 pages • first pub 1990 (editions) user-added

5.0mjeaton's review
fiction historical short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Philip Gourevitch

355 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
Brave Companions: Portraits in History by David McCullough

Brave Companions: Portraits in History

David McCullough

256 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control by Ryan Holiday

Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

Stoic Virtue Series

Ryan Holiday

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru by Hugh Bonneville

Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

Hugh Bonneville

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
nonfiction memoir informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

255 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
fiction literary science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Tides of War by Steven Pressfield

Tides of War

Steven Pressfield

448 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Metallica: This Monster Lives: The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster by Joe Berlinger

Metallica: This Monster Lives: The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster

Joe Berlinger

336 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

Nikki Sixx

413 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional slow-paced
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

Seth Godin

80 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0mjeaton's review
nonfiction business self help informative fast-paced