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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • 2017 • 87 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
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Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

On the Seventh Day #2

Veronika Decides to Die

Paulo Coelho

210 pages • 1998 • 143 editions

fiction contemporary philosophy emotional reflective slow-paced
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed #1

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
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The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields

The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead

David Shields

225 pages • 2008 • 7 editions

nonfiction biography memoir philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present by Phillip Lopate

The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present

Phillip Lopate

832 pages • 1994 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Wish I Could Be There: Notes From a Phobic Life by Allen Shawn

Wish I Could Be There: Notes From a Phobic Life

Allen Shawn

266 pages • 2007 • 2 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology reflective slow-paced
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The Unswept Room by Sharon Olds

The Unswept Room

Sharon Olds

144 pages • 2002 • 6 editions

literary poetry reflective slow-paced
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Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir by Lauren Slater

Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir

Lauren Slater

240 pages • 2000 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Autobiography of a Face

Lucy Grealy

256 pages • 1994 • 17 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff

In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War

Tobias Wolff

240 pages • 1994 • 7 editions

nonfiction history memoir reflective medium-paced
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