The 9 books on this stack
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Meg Mason 2026
Why it's on the stack
Funny and sad at once · funny, and it bites
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
Sophie Pattison loves books. And as well as a dream job at a local book festival, she has a husband she adores; a lifelong best friend, Emma; and a brother she’s always been close to.
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Gail Honeyman 2017
Why it's on the stack
It makes you laugh · it hurts, and then it heals
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.
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Henry David Thoreau 1854
Why it's on the stack
One to read slowly · it's an essay
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
By virtue of its casual, off-handedly brilliant wisdom and the easy splendor of its nature writing, Thoreau’s account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts is one…
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Amor Towles 2016
Why it's on the stack
Funny and sad at once · odd and endearing
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov.
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Joe Simpson 1988
Why it's on the stack
It leaves you shaken · fierce and defiant
Rel finally arrives in Vessit, chasing Rissad Van Raighans secrets.
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Gary Paulsen 2003
Why it's on the stack
You'll want to talk it over with someone · surviving with everything scarce
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
Celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Newbery Honor–winning survival novel Hatchet with a pocket-sized edition perfect for travelers to take along on their own adventures.
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Andy Weir 2011
Why it's on the stack
It makes you laugh · you'll keep turning it over for days
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
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Jon Krakauer 1996
Why it's on the stack
A farewell that moves you · it's hiding a secret
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.
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Daniel Defoe 1800 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
It makes you think, without a lecture · surviving with everything scarce
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
Robinson Crusoe is among the first novels written in English.