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What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg

What Makes Sammy Run?

Budd Schulberg

320 pages • 1941 • 11 editions

fiction classics challenging reflective fast-paced
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Dispatches by Michael Herr

Dispatches

Michael Herr

272 pages • 1977 • 18 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

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The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende

433 pages • 1982 • 265 editions

fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
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Paul Robeson by Martin Duberman

Paul Robeson

Martin Duberman

880 pages • 1992 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn

The Boys of Summer

Roger Kahn

474 pages • 1972 • 12 editions

nonfiction history sports emotional medium-paced
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The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

The Executioner's Song

Norman Mailer

1109 pages • 1979 • 21 editions

nonfiction biography true crime challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Getaway by Jim Thompson

The Getaway

Jim Thompson

183 pages • 1958 • 13 editions

fiction crime dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

525 pages • 1390 • 229 editions

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging funny slow-paced
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

216 pages • 1963 • 327 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

168 pages • 1850 • 612 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
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