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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • 2009 • 66 editions

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
5.0 mellyworks's review
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

1276 pages • 1844 • 805 editions

fiction classics literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
5.0 mellyworks's review
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

Andrew X. Pham

344 pages • 1999 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 mellyworks's review
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

603 pages • 1995 • 52 editions

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
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Fields of Play: Constructing an Academic Life by Laurel Richardson

Fields of Play: Constructing an Academic Life

Laurel Richardson

272 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction education informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 mellyworks's review
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Atul Gawande

273 pages • 2007 • 20 editions

nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 mellyworks's review
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • 1984 • 78 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective fast-paced
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

158 pages • 1845 • 436 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 mellyworks's review
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Adventures of Tom and Huck #2

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

327 pages • 1884 • 1.2k editions

fiction classics historical literary middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced
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Othello by William Shakespeare

Othello

William Shakespeare

368 pages • 1603 • 503 editions

fiction classics play dark emotional tense medium-paced
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