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2025
Reading Wrap-Up

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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

590 pages • 2015 • 224 editions

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
2.0 kurtwombat's review
The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler by David I. Kertzer

The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

David I. Kertzer

17h 33m • 2022 • 7 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative slow-paced
5.0 kurtwombat's review
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino

176 pages • 1972 • 136 editions

fiction classics historical literary magical realism reflective slow-paced
4.25 kurtwombat's review
Silver Screen Fiend: Learning about Life from an Addiction to Film by Patton Oswalt

Silver Screen Fiend: Learning about Life from an Addiction to Film

Patton Oswalt

4h 7m • 2015 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
2.75 kurtwombat's review
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • 2024 • 112 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
5.0 kurtwombat's review
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

Oliver Darkshire

5h 40m • 2022 • 17 editions

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nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
5.0 kurtwombat's review
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G., J.R. Zuckerberg

Quick & Easy Guides

A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities

Mady G., J.R. Zuckerberg

105 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

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nonfiction comics gender lgbtqia+ informative lighthearted medium-paced
4.75 kurtwombat's review
Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham

Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

Elyse Graham

10h 54m • 2024 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics adventurous informative medium-paced
4.0 kurtwombat's review
Monstress: Stories by Lysley Tenorio

Monstress: Stories

Lysley Tenorio

6h 17m • 2012 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
4.25 kurtwombat's review
Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock

Nonsense Novels

Stephen Leacock

232 pages • 1911 • 17 editions

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fiction short stories adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
4.5 kurtwombat's review