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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Jung Chang

381 pages • 2019 • 35 editions

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

House of Earth #1

The Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck

418 pages • 1931 • 87 editions

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Inland by Téa Obreht

Inland

Téa Obreht

384 pages • 2019 • 24 editions

fiction historical literary mysterious tense slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier

The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties

Paul Collier

256 pages • 2018 • 13 editions

nonfiction business economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say by Kelly Corrigan

Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

Kelly Corrigan

240 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Thick: And Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom

224 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen

Parkland: Birth of a Movement

Dave Cullen

385 pages • 2019 • 12 editions

nonfiction politics true crime emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Lisa Damour

Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls

Lisa Damour

288 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction education psychology informative slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un by Anna Fifield

The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

Anna Fifield

336 pages • 2019 • 22 editions

nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #1

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry

416 pages • 2017 • 78 editions

fiction classics historical religion adventurous funny informative medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review