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O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Great Plains Trilogy #1

O Pioneers!

Willa Cather

176 pages • 1913 • 149 editions

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown #1

Beartown

Fredrik Backman

466 pages • 2016 • 155 editions

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

359 pages • 2022 • 32 editions

fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet

I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

Souad Mekhennet

368 pages • 2017 • 21 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics reflective medium-paced
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Heaven Is a Playground by Rick Telander

Heaven Is a Playground

Rick Telander

224 pages • 1976 • 4 editions

nonfiction sports informative slow-paced
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The Assault by Harry Mulisch

The Assault

Harry Mulisch

192 pages • 1982 • 35 editions

fiction classics historical dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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Burr by Gore Vidal

Narratives of Empire #1

Burr

Gore Vidal

448 pages • 1973 • 19 editions

fiction historical politics challenging informative slow-paced
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They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger

204 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir race young adult emotional fast-paced
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

301 pages • 2018 • 48 editions

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fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

225 pages • 2020 • 38 editions

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nonfiction biography memoir nature science informative reflective medium-paced
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