2024 Reading List

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Walking: One Step At a Time
by Erling Kagge
235 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
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The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
26,400 members
502 reviews
4.2
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mcountr: historical fiction on my physical bookshelf
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Nest Egg
by Josi Avari
23 members
1 review
3.9
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Stealing
by Margaret Verble
94 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
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Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes--But Some Do
by Matthew Syed
459 members
10 reviews
4.1
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Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs
by Ken Jennings
677 members
31 reviews
3.9
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A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4,233 members
160 reviews
½ 3.6
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mcountr: romance on physical bookshelf
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Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
by Christina Lauren
949 members
58 reviews
4
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mcountr: romantic comedy
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The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left
by David Crystal
291 members
10 reviews
4
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
by Charles Duhigg
6,906 members
237 reviews
3.9
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Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3,574 members
49 reviews
4.1
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
by Marion Nestle
891 members
11 reviews
3.8
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mcountr: female author on my physical bookshelf
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After Alice
by Gregory Maguire
1,413 members
69 reviews
2.9
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mcountr: character interested in Alice in Wonderland
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Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution
by Paul Watzlawick
459 members
2 reviews
4.1
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford
3,220 members
91 reviews
4
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The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
11,722 members
129 reviews
3.8
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mcountr: book set in my country on my physical bookshelf
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Memories Of A Retro Gamer
by Andrew Foster
1 member
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mcountr: character interested in old computer games
18
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande
5,334 members
284 reviews
½ 4.5
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Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
by Simon Winchester
1,364 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
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The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
39,408 members
1,043 reviews
½ 3.6
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mcountr: BIPOC author on my physical bookshelf
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The Orange Girl
by Jostein Gaarder
1,057 members
33 reviews
3.8
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mcountr: character who has a close relationship with their father
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
11,877 members
382 reviews
3.9
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Interpretation of Prophecy
by Patrick Fairbairn
114 members
½ 4.3
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
28,991 members
651 reviews
½ 3.6
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mcountr: LGBTQ from my physical bookshelf
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High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
14,920 members
202 reviews
3.9
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mcountr: character interested in vinyl records
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The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
12,399 members
323 reviews
3.9
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Have a Little Faith: A True Story
by Mitch Albom
3,209 members
142 reviews
4
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The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
17,271 members
911 reviews
4
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mcountr: debut book on my physical bookshelf
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The Bird House
by Kelly Simmons
131 members
10 reviews
4
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mcountr: character interested in birdhouses
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Jesus Is Female: Moravians and Radical Religion in Early America
by Aaron Spencer Fogleman
25 members
½ 3.5
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell
1,019 members
29 reviews
3.8
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1984
by George Orwell
82,465 members
1,276 reviews
4.2
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mcountr: dystopian on my physical bookshelf
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Fourth World
by Lyssa Chiavari
26 members
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mcountr: asexual character
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The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
by Richard Wilkinson
1,383 members
46 reviews
4.1
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See What I Have Done
by Sarah Schmidt
847 members
71 reviews
½ 3.3
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Mahābhārata {retold by William Buck}
by Vyasa
500 members
3 reviews
3.8
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mcountr: classic on my physical bookshelf
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Hitchhiker---A Suspense Thriller
by Tim Kizer
14 members
1 review
4
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mcountr: young adult thriller or suspense
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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
49,923 members
748 reviews
½ 3.7
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The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town
by Edward Berenson
43 members
3.8
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The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
70,516 members
1,312 reviews
½ 3.5
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mcountr: thriller on my physical bookshelf
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
38,386 members
530 reviews
4.1
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mcountr: socially inferior love interest
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The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
by Alexander Keyssar
243 members
1 review
4.2
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Peak Learning: How to Create Your Own Lifelong Education Program for Personal Enlightenment and Professional Success
by Ronald Gross
256 members
2 reviews
3.2
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mcountr: nonfiction on my physical bookshelf
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
33,150 members
328 reviews
3.9
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mcountr: gullible character
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A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America
by Elliott Currie
74 members
1 review
½ 4.6
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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by Sy Montgomery
2,361 members
115 reviews
3.8
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
by Octave Mirbeau
359 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
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mcountr: character who is skilled at cleaning
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Eternal Life: A Novel
by Dara Horn
362 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
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Baby Teeth
by Zoje Stage
1,275 members
128 reviews
½ 3.5
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Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island
by Regina Calcaterra
340 members
28 reviews
½ 4.3
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