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11 books

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav Zubok

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

Vladislav Zubok

560 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
nonfiction history informative tense medium-paced
Hell Is a World Without You by Jason Kirk

Hell Is a World Without You

Jason Kirk

314 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Shortest History of the Soviet Union by Sheila Fitzpatrick

The Shortest History of the Soviet Union

Sheila Fitzpatrick

248 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football by S.C. Gwynne

The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football

S.C. Gwynne

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
nonfiction biography sports informative inspiring fast-paced
Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer

Cuba: An American History

Ada Ferrer

571 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

90 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

491 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

728 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

208 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jtc's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced