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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

215 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
nonfiction biography travel adventurous reflective sad medium-paced
True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel

True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa

Michael Finkel

320 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
nonfiction crime memoir true crime dark mysterious medium-paced
The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane Smiley

The Sagas of Icelanders

Íslendingasögur/Sagas of Icelanders

Jane Smiley

848 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
fiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley

The Greenlanders

Jane Smiley

581 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
White Teeth by Zadie Smith

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

448 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective slow-paced
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

437 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Brimstone by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Brimstone

Pendergast #5

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

497 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
fiction horror mystery thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

368 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays by Umberto Eco

How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays

Umberto Eco

256 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0joemowens's review
nonfiction essays funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced