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The New Sun by Taro Yashima

The New Sun

Taro Yashima

310 pages • 2008 • 2 editions

nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World by Jan Goodwin

Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World

Jan Goodwin

351 pages • 1994 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Taking Assimilation to Heart: Marriages of White Women and Indigenous Men in the United States and Australia, 1887-1937 by Katherine Ellinghaus

Taking Assimilation to Heart: Marriages of White Women and Indigenous Men in the United States and Australia, 1887-1937

Katherine Ellinghaus

278 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Diary of a Young Girl by Otto H. Frank, Anne Frank, Mirjam Pressler

The Diary of a Young Girl

Otto H. Frank, Anne Frank, Mirjam Pressler

339 pages • 1947 • 644 editions

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

289 pages • 1969 • 126 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Gender: A World History by Susan Kingsley Kent

Gender: A World History

Susan Kingsley Kent

192 pages • 7 editions

nonfiction gender history medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank, Mirjam Pressler

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank, Mirjam Pressler

354 pages • 1947 • 644 editions

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Our Country's Good

Timberlake Wertenbaker

91 pages • 1988 • 12 editions

fiction historical play reflective fast-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • 2006 • 173 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu

288 pages • 2020 • 23 editions

fiction contemporary literary funny reflective fast-paced
5.0 j_wx's review