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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge #1

Elizabeth Strout

270 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Chaos Walking #1

Patrick Ness

528 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

295 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

384 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde

The Fourth Bear

Nursery Crime #2

Jasper Fforde

378 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction fantasy mystery adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender Is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

320 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

145 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

304 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes by Gordon B. Hinckley

Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

Gordon B. Hinckley

256 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction religion informative medium-paced