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The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

The Hour I First Believed

Wally Lamb

740 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
fiction contemporary historical emotional medium-paced
Lying up a Nation: Race and Black Music by Ronald Radano
Lying up a Nation: Race and Black Music
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Ronald Radano

Lying up a Nation: Race and Black Music

Ronald Radano

440 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life by Wynton Marsalis

Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life

Wynton Marsalis

208 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
nonfiction biography music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony by Ross W. Duffin

How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony

Ross W. Duffin

196 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
nonfiction history music science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s by Charles Willeford, Robert Polito, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Chester Himes

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s

Library of America Noir Collection #2

Charles Willeford, Robert Polito, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Chester Himes

892 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Straight Man by Richard Russo

Straight Man

Richard Russo

416 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective medium-paced
The World According to Garp by John Irving

The World According to Garp

John Irving

610 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
fiction classics literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

343 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
nonfiction classics true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

445 pages • first pub 1939 (editions) user-added

5.0craigasaurus's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

218 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0craigasaurus's review
fiction classics thriller dark tense fast-paced