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12 books

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

The Tiger's Wife

Téa Obreht

11 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction literary adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Island Beneath the Sea

Isabel Allende

457 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction historical magical realism challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

R.F. Kuang

21 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction fantasy historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling

342 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
nonfiction economics psychology science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah

Closed Casket

New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #2

Sophie Hannah

400 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Hercule Poirot #4

Agatha Christie

288 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

319 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban

What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

Tim Urban

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

324 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende

307 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0ladislara's review
fiction historical literary magical realism adventurous emotional slow-paced