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Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

John McPhee

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0deni's review
nonfiction essays memoir informative reflective slow-paced
A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire by Yuri Herrera

A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire

Yuri Herrera

120 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0deni's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Mary Roach

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0deni's review
nonfiction history science technology challenging funny informative fast-paced
Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr.

Strength to Love

Martin Luther King Jr.

168 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0deni's review
nonfiction history religion hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

Act of Oblivion

Robert Harris

15 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0deni's review
fiction historical adventurous informative tense medium-paced
It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Zoe Thorogood

196 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0deni's review
nonfiction autobiography graphic novel memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Conclave by Robert Harris

Conclave

Robert Harris

8 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0deni's review
fiction historical thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Weak in Comparison to Dreams by James Elkins

Weak in Comparison to Dreams

James Elkins

607 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0deni's review
fiction medium-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

10 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0deni's review
nonfiction essays memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

8 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0deni's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced