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The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea

The House of Broken Angels

Luis Alberto Urrea

336 pages • 2018 • 23 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
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Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

Jazz Jennings

4h • 2016 • 8 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • 2015 • 43 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

362 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

286 pages • 1949 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
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A Separate Peace by John Knowles

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

196 pages • 1959 • 52 editions

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fiction classics historical young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • 1943 • 92 editions

fiction classics literary young adult emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

197 pages • 1988 • 289 editions

fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

264 pages • 1939 • 421 editions

fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

339 pages • 2007 • 87 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad medium-paced
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