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Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing by Ben Blatt

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing

Ben Blatt

271 pages • 2017 • 11 editions

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It by Gabriel Wyner

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner

326 pages • 2014 • 28 editions

nonfiction self help informative slow-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • 2019 • 65 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little

The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World

Amanda Little

352 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

nonfiction food and drink science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Amy Stewart

362 pages • 2013 • 16 editions

nonfiction food and drink history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
The Kitchen Without Borders: Recipes and Stories from Refugee and Immigrant Chefs by The Eat Offbeat Chefs

The Kitchen Without Borders: Recipes and Stories from Refugee and Immigrant Chefs

The Eat Offbeat Chefs

232 pages • 2020 • 2 editions

nonfiction informative medium-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
Backyard Homesteading, Second Revised Edition: A Back-To-Basics Guide for Self-Sufficiency by David Toht

Backyard Homesteading, Second Revised Edition: A Back-To-Basics Guide for Self-Sufficiency

David Toht

312 pages • 2018 • 2 editions

nonfiction nature informative inspiring medium-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell

Embers of War #1

Embers of War

Gareth L. Powell

411 pages • 2018 • 11 editions

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging fast-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
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

407 pages • 1954 • 657 editions

fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

456 pages • 1973 • 140 editions

fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
5.0 thecandle...'s review