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Chris Mayes rated Fun home: 5 stars

Fun home by Alison Bechdel
A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, …
Chris Mayes rated A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: 4 stars
Chris Mayes rated The Essex Serpent: 4 stars

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust (1909, Collier)
Faust: part I. Egmont. Hermann and Dorothea / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Doctor Faustus / Christopher Marlowe ; with introductions and notes. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Harvard classics -- v. 19.)
Ihr naht euch wieder, schwankende Gestalten, Die fruh sich einst dem truben Blick gezeigt. Versuch ich wohl, euch diesmal festzuhalten? …
![Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2006] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback, 2006, Scholastic)](https://bookwyrm-social.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/images/covers/1130f756-5d92-4c81-8e4d-580b60da6580.jpeg)
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2006] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle
A collection of Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures, including "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," and "The Adventure of the …
Chris Mayes rated On the road: 4 stars

On the road by Jack Kerouac
Story of two restless young men in the late 1940s who cross and recross America, encountering parties, girls, drugs, loneliness …
Chris Mayes rated Bring up the bodies: 5 stars

Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give …
Chris Mayes rated Study Guide: 3 stars

The Paulo Coelho Collection: "The Alchemist", "The Pilgrimage", "The Valkyries" by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. Originally …
Chris Mayes rated H is for Hawk: 4 stars

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer, Helen had never before …
Chris Mayes rated Edge of the World: 4 stars
Chris Mayes rated Wolf Hall: 5 stars

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man, Thomas Cromwell, dares to gamble his life to …