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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki

418 pages • 2013 • 73 editions

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 thebackli...'s review
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

Simon Winchester

416 pages • 2003 • 18 editions

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 thebackli...'s review
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

MaddAddam #1

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood

389 pages • 2003 • 108 editions

fiction dystopian speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
4.0 thebackli...'s review
The Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill

The Backwoods of Canada

Catharine Parr Traill

272 pages • 8 editions

nonfiction classics historical history memoir informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 thebackli...'s review
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

242 pages • 1998 • 42 editions

nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
4.0 thebackli...'s review
Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

Politics and the English Language

George Orwell

20 pages • 1946 • 16 editions

nonfiction essays politics informative reflective fast-paced
4.0 thebackli...'s review
Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man's World by Kate Braid

Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man's World

Kate Braid

270 pages • 2012 • 2 editions

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 thebackli...'s review
Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg

Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg

6h • 2013 • 31 editions

nonfiction business feminism self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 thebackli...'s review
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden

Bird Family Trilogy

The Orenda

Joseph Boyden

448 pages • 2013 • 19 editions

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
4.0 thebackli...'s review
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

MaddAddam #2

The Year of the Flood

Margaret Atwood

434 pages • 2009 • 69 editions

fiction dystopian speculative fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
5.0 thebackli...'s review