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The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

4 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Richard Rooker, Charles Person

Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider

Richard Rooker, Charles Person

10 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

5.0rjvrtiska's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional fast-paced
The Apple and the Arrow by Conrad Buff, Mary Buff

The Apple and the Arrow

Conrad Buff, Mary Buff

80 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
nonfiction childrens historical informative inspiring medium-paced
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

Geraldine DeRuiter

9 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
nonfiction feminism food and drink memoir informative reflective medium-paced
Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb

Whose Names Are Unknown

Sanora Babb

8 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
fiction literary adventurous sad slow-paced
Messenger by Lois Lowry

Messenger

The Giver #3

Lois Lowry

169 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
fiction dystopian middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

14 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

The Grownup

Gillian Flynn

64 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
fiction horror short stories thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
My Unexpected Journey: Reflections After Losing my Son to Suicide by Erin Blechman

My Unexpected Journey: Reflections After Losing my Son to Suicide

Erin Blechman

180 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
nonfiction memoir
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee

Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

Leymah Gbowee

missing duration info • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0rjvrtiska's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional informative inspiring slow-paced