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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

57 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction history challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1178 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

19 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Oscar Wilde: A Life by Matthew Sturgis

Oscar Wilde: A Life

Matthew Sturgis

34 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

29 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

Le deuxième sexe #1-2

Simone de Beauvoir

39 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction classics feminism philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa

13 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction biography politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson

Just as I Am

Cicely Tyson

16 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction art autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Hitler: Volume II: Downfall 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich

Hitler: Volume II: Downfall 1939-45

Adolf Hitler #2

Volker Ullrich

29 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction biography informative slow-paced
Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich

Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939

Adolf Hitler #1

Volker Ullrich

34 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

5.0joshlegere's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced