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Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity by Vijay Prashad

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity

Vijay Prashad

232 pages • 2001 • 1 edition

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa

Barefoot Gen #1

Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima

Keiji Nakazawa

284 pages • 1973 • 27 editions

nonfiction historical manga emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan

The Arrival

Shaun Tan

128 pages • 2006 • 40 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • 2007 • 205 editions

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
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The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

699 pages • -750 • 785 editions

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

544 pages • 1861 • 942 editions

fiction classics literary mysterious reflective slow-paced
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The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver #1

The Giver

Lois Lowry

179 pages • 1993 • 152 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

137 pages • 1989 • 56 editions

fiction classics historical middle grade emotional sad fast-paced
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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #1

The Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien

398 pages • 1954 • 616 editions

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
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The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings #3

The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien

412 pages • 1955 • 504 editions

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
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