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The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Dalai Lama XIV

The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama XIV

40 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography childrens health inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • 2010 • 25 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World by John Halpern, David Blistein

Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World

David Blistein, John Halpern

missing page info • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction history science dark informative medium-paced
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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

Kamala Harris

336 pages • 2019 • 26 editions

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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A Promised Land by Barack Obama

The Presidential Memoirs #1

A Promised Land

Barack Obama

751 pages • 2020 • 53 editions

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • 2010 • 30 editions

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter #1

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling

309 pages • 1997 • 1.1k editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • 1985 • 381 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

37 pages • 1963 • 70 editions

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
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The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

340 pages • 2013 • 54 editions

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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