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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Toni Morrison

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0shiradest's review
nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter #1

J.K. Rowling

246 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0shiradest's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises by James Scott Bell

The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises

James Scott Bell

263 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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nonfiction reference informative reflective fast-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

298 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

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fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter #6

J.K. Rowling

688 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0shiradest's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

336 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

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fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #1-2

Octavia E. Butler

1600 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0shiradest's review
fiction fantasy science fiction speculative fiction adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner

Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Howard Gardner

496 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0shiradest's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective slow-paced
El profeta by Kahlil Gibran, Leonardo Shafik Kaím

El profeta

Kahlil Gibran, Leonardo Shafik Kaím

56 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

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fiction classics philosophy poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

Marc Reisner

582 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

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nonfiction history science informative slow-paced