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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him

When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

Chanrithy Him

336 pages • 2000 • 5 editions

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional informative slow-paced
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The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef

The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne

Catherine Reef

240 pages • 2012 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history informative reflective sad fast-paced
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Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon

Run Me to Earth

Paul Yoon

272 pages • 2020 • 10 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

307 pages • 2003 • 96 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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The Lamplighter by Jackie Kay

The Lamplighter

Jackie Kay

96 pages • 2008 • 4 editions

fiction play poetry challenging emotional medium-paced
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Vessels: A Memoir of What Wasn't by Daniel Raeburn

Vessels: A Memoir of What Wasn't

Daniel Raeburn

192 pages • 2017 • 1 edition

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein

321 pages • 2008 • 76 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
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You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station by Chris Hadfield

You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station

Chris Hadfield

200 pages • 2014 • 9 editions

nonfiction science adventurous medium-paced
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • 2007 • 205 editions

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
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Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

320 pages • 1935 • 85 editions

fiction classics historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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