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65 books

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

302 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

The Red Tent

Anita Diamant

324 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction historical religion emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

343 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

644 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project

Don Tillman #1

Graeme Simsion

295 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

391 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Ensam i Berlin by Knut Stubbendorff, Hans Fallada, Per Lennart Månsson

Ensam i Berlin

Knut Stubbendorff, Hans Fallada, Per Lennart Månsson

693 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey

Elizabeth Is Missing

Emma Healey

303 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

528 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0mppilk's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced