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32 books

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

182 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
fiction middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

I, Robot

Robot #0.1

Isaac Asimov

224 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
fiction classics science fiction short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster

272 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes

The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

Ben Rhodes

480 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction history memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction memoir reference emotional funny informative medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

428 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition

Mohamedou Ould Slahi

464 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction memoir politics dark emotional sad medium-paced
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
fiction science fiction short stories emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them by Jamie Madigan

Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them

Jamie Madigan

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction psychology video games informative medium-paced
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine by Noura Erakat

Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine

Noura Erakat

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thefriendlyabyss's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced