1950s Cuba Books | Summaries & Audio

Cuba

by Ada Ferrer • 2021

Cuba was America's obsession long before Castro. The Cold War just froze a deeper fight.

4.46

6k+

🏝️ Caribbean History 🌎 Us Foreign Policy 🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution

Cuba 88%

Cuba was America's obsession long before Castro. The Cold War just froze a deeper fight.

by Ada Ferrer 2021

4.46

6k+ ratings

🏝️ Caribbean History 🌎 Us Foreign Policy 🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution

Che Guevara Reader

by Ernesto Che Guevara • 1997

Winning the war is step one. Che Guevara's collected writings on what revolutions do after victory.

4.08

359

🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Anti-Imperialism

Che Guevara Reader 88%

Winning the war is step one. Che Guevara's collected writings on what revolutions do after victory.

by Ernesto Che Guevara 1997

4.08

359 ratings

🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Anti-Imperialism

The Red Umbrella

by Christina Diaz Gonzalez • 2010

1961 Cuba: to survive Castro's revolution, a girl must leave everything for strangers in Nebraska.

4.07

5k+

🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution ✈️ Operation Pedro Pan 👧 Sibling Caretaking

The Red Umbrella 88%

1961 Cuba: to survive Castro's revolution, a girl must leave everything for strangers in Nebraska.

by Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2010

4.07

5k+ ratings

🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution ✈️ Operation Pedro Pan 👧 Sibling Caretaking

The Fountains of Silence

by Ruta Sepetys • 2019

An American photographer falls for a hotel maid in 1957 Madrid, where her silence hides a crime.

4.30

84k+

🕊️ Post-Civil War Spain 🏴 Franco'S Dictatorship 🇺🇸 American Abroad

The Fountains of Silence 88%

An American photographer falls for a hotel maid in 1957 Madrid, where her silence hides a crime.

by Ruta Sepetys 2019

4.30

84k+ ratings

🕊️ Post-Civil War Spain 🏴 Franco'S Dictatorship 🇺🇸 American Abroad

The Briar Club

by Kate Quinn • 2024

Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.

4.28

306k+

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🚩 Soviet Defector

The Briar Club 87%

Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.

by Kate Quinn 2024

4.28

306k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🚩 Soviet Defector

The Lincoln Highway

by Amor Towles • 2021

Two brothers aim for California. Two stowaways from a work farm demand New York instead.

4.22

316k+

🚗 Midcentury Road Trip 🇺🇸 1950s Americana 🧭 Coming-Of-Age Journey

The Lincoln Highway 87%

Two brothers aim for California. Two stowaways from a work farm demand New York instead.

by Amor Towles 2021

4.22

316k+ ratings

🚗 Midcentury Road Trip 🇺🇸 1950s Americana 🧭 Coming-Of-Age Journey

Bruce Lee

by Bruce Lee • 2001

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

4.21

1k+

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir

Bruce Lee 87%

A basement jersey gave a boy superpowers. His mission: vaporize every adult who ruined the fun.

by Bruce Lee 2001

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Midcentury America 🧒 American Childhood 📷 Nostalgia Memoir

Back on the Road (Otra Vez)

by Ernesto Che Guevara • 2000

Guatemala fell while he watched. In Mexico, Castro asked him to join a revolution.

3.72

861

🗺️ Latin American History 🧳 Political Travelogues 🌎 Cold War Latin America

Back on the Road (Otra Vez) 87%

Guatemala fell while he watched. In Mexico, Castro asked him to join a revolution.

by Ernesto Che Guevara 2000

3.72

861 ratings

🗺️ Latin American History 🧳 Political Travelogues 🌎 Cold War Latin America

101 Montunos

by Rebeca Mauleón • 2005

Master Afro-Caribbean piano through 101 patterns, grounded in clave and built for the bandstand.

4.47

🎵 Afro-Cuban Music 🎹 Latin Piano 📖 Piano Method

101 Montunos 86%

Master Afro-Caribbean piano through 101 patterns, grounded in clave and built for the bandstand.

by Rebeca Mauleón 2005

4.47

17 ratings

🎵 Afro-Cuban Music 🎹 Latin Piano 📖 Piano Method

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz • 2007

A Dominican nerd wants love, wants to write. His family curse does not miss.

3.89

280k+

🔮 Generational Curse 🌴 Dominican Diaspora 🤓 Nerd Protagonist

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 86%

A Dominican nerd wants love, wants to write. His family curse does not miss.

by Junot Díaz 2007

3.89

280k+ ratings

🔮 Generational Curse 🌴 Dominican Diaspora 🤓 Nerd Protagonist

The Lacuna

by Barbara Kingsolver • 2009

He cooked for Kahlo, typed for Trotsky. In McCarthy's America, his past became his crime.

3.83

75k+

📝 Writers And Writing 🪞 Outsider Protagonist 📜 Archival Fiction

The Lacuna 86%

He cooked for Kahlo, typed for Trotsky. In McCarthy's America, his past became his crime.

by Barbara Kingsolver 2009

3.83

75k+ ratings

📝 Writers And Writing 🪞 Outsider Protagonist 📜 Archival Fiction

A Freewheelin' Time

by Suze Rotolo • 2008

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

3.85

4k+

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture

A Freewheelin' Time 86%

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

by Suze Rotolo 2008

3.85

4k+ ratings

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture

The Longest Line on the Map

by Eric Rutkow • 2019

A century-long quest to link the Americas by road was stopped cold by a 250-mile jungle.

3.04

258

🛤️ Infrastructure History 🤝 US-Latin American Relations 🛣️ Road Building

The Longest Line on the Map 86%

A century-long quest to link the Americas by road was stopped cold by a 250-mile jungle.

by Eric Rutkow 2019

3.04

258 ratings

🛤️ Infrastructure History 🤝 US-Latin American Relations 🛣️ Road Building

The Island Club

by Nicola Harrison • 2026

Three women's secrets, scandals, and a shot at redemption collide at a 1950s island tennis club.

3.71

4k+

🕰️ 1950s America 🌴 California Beach Town 🎾 Women'S Tennis

The Island Club 86%

Three women's secrets, scandals, and a shot at redemption collide at a 1950s island tennis club.

by Nicola Harrison 2026

3.71

4k+ ratings

🕰️ 1950s America 🌴 California Beach Town 🎾 Women'S Tennis

Dreaming in Cuban

by Cristina García • 1992

Three generations of Cuban women live in two worlds, bound by dreams and divided by revolution.

3.67

13k+

🏝️ Cuban Diaspora 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 👻 Ghostly Visits

Dreaming in Cuban 86%

Three generations of Cuban women live in two worlds, bound by dreams and divided by revolution.

by Cristina García 1992

3.67

13k+ ratings

🏝️ Cuban Diaspora 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 👻 Ghostly Visits

City of Girls

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2019

Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.

4.04

324k+

🗽 1940s New York 🎭 Theater World ✨ Showgirl Glamour

City of Girls 86%

Expelled from college, a seamstress discovers glamour and peril in her aunt's 1940s theater.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2019

4.04

324k+ ratings

🗽 1940s New York 🎭 Theater World ✨ Showgirl Glamour

The Bishop's Pawn

by Steve Berry • 2018

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

4.03

11k+

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy

The Bishop's Pawn 86%

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

by Steve Berry 2018

4.03

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy

Mile Marker Zero

by William McKeen • 2011

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

3.93

567

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture

Mile Marker Zero 86%

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

by William McKeen 2011

3.93

567 ratings

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture

Another Country

by James Baldwin • 1962

When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.

4.30

35k+

🏙️ Bohemian New York 💔 Interracial Romance 🎭 Artists And Lovers

Another Country 86%

When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.

by James Baldwin 1962

4.30

35k+ ratings

🏙️ Bohemian New York 💔 Interracial Romance 🎭 Artists And Lovers

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

by Gabriel García Márquez • 1961

A veteran waits fifteen years for a pension. His wife starves. Only a rooster remains.

3.80

69k+

🕰️ Endless Waiting 🏚️ Postwar Hardship 😔 Quiet Desperation

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Summary

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba 86%

A veteran waits fifteen years for a pension. His wife starves. Only a rooster remains.

by Gabriel García Márquez 1961

3.80

69k+ ratings

🕰️ Endless Waiting 🏚️ Postwar Hardship 😔 Quiet Desperation

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

by Xóchitl González • 2024

A Brown student unearths a murdered Cuban artist's work, and awakens her vengeful ghost.

3.78

49k+

🎨 Art World Satire ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Campus Novel

Anita de Monte Laughs Last 85%

A Brown student unearths a murdered Cuban artist's work, and awakens her vengeful ghost.

by Xóchitl González 2024

3.78

49k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Satire ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Campus Novel

With a Vengeance

by Riley Sager • 2025

She traps six conspirators on a train for revenge, but a killer frames her for the murders.

3.37

78k+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🚂 Train Setting 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

With a Vengeance 85%

She traps six conspirators on a train for revenge, but a killer frames her for the murders.

by Riley Sager 2025

3.37

78k+ ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🚂 Train Setting 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

The Flamethrowers

by Rachel Kushner • 2013

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

3.51

25k+

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family

The Flamethrowers 85%

A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.

by Rachel Kushner 2013

3.51

25k+ ratings

🎨 1970s Art World 💫 Artist And Muse 💰 Old Money Family

We Could Be So Good

by Cat Sebastian • 2023

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

4.26

21k+

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

We Could Be So Good 85%

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

by Cat Sebastian 2023

4.26

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

A Plague of Zombies

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10k+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

A Plague of Zombies 85%

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011

3.98

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

Edge of Eternity

by Ken Follett • 2014

Three families fight the Cold War from their kitchens: East Berlin, Washington, and Moscow.

4.21

119k+

🧱 Cold War Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Epic 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Edge of Eternity 85%

Three families fight the Cold War from their kitchens: East Berlin, Washington, and Moscow.

by Ken Follett 2014

4.21

119k+ ratings

🧱 Cold War Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Epic 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Velvet Was the Night

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2021

A lonely secretary and a government enforcer hunt the same missing woman across 1971 Mexico City.

3.51

31k+

🕵️ Political Noir 🇲🇽 1970s Mexico 👥 Dual Perspective

Velvet Was the Night 85%

A lonely secretary and a government enforcer hunt the same missing woman across 1971 Mexico City.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021

3.51

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Political Noir 🇲🇽 1970s Mexico 👥 Dual Perspective

Mexico

by James A. Michener • 1992

An American journalist returns to Mexico for a bullfight and must reckon with his divided heritage.

3.75

6k+

🏛️ Multigenerational Saga 🐂 Bullfighting 🪞 Divided Identity

Mexico 85%

An American journalist returns to Mexico for a bullfight and must reckon with his divided heritage.

by James A. Michener 1992

3.75

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Multigenerational Saga 🐂 Bullfighting 🪞 Divided Identity

The German Girl

by Armando Lucas Correa • 2016

A twelve-year-old Jewish girl flees Berlin aboard a refugee ship; Havana's port refuses them entry.

3.81

39k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 😔 Survivor Guilt

The German Girl 85%

A twelve-year-old Jewish girl flees Berlin aboard a refugee ship; Havana's port refuses them entry.

by Armando Lucas Correa 2016

3.81

39k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 😔 Survivor Guilt

Eva Luna

by Isabel Allende • 1989

Born among mummies, an orphan girl learns that her stories can reshape a world in chaos.

4.01

61k+

🖋️ Storyteller Heroine ✨ Mythic Storytelling 🪖 Revolutionary Backdrop

Eva Luna 85%

Born among mummies, an orphan girl learns that her stories can reshape a world in chaos.

by Isabel Allende 1989

4.01

61k+ ratings

🖋️ Storyteller Heroine ✨ Mythic Storytelling 🪖 Revolutionary Backdrop

The Brothers

by Stephen Kinzer • 2013

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

4.15

5k+

📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Brothers 85%

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

by Stephen Kinzer 2013

4.15

5k+ ratings

📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations

Lake County

by Lori Roy • 2024

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

3.81

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams

Lake County 85%

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

by Lori Roy 2024

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino • 2023

Exiled to her matchmaker aunt's, a co-ed falls for a lifeguard with a secret.

4.48

79k+

☀️ 1960s Summer 👵 Matchmaker Aunt 🏊 Summer Fling

Don’t Forget to Write 85%

Exiled to her matchmaker aunt's, a co-ed falls for a lifeguard with a secret.

by Sara Goodman Confino 2023

4.48

79k+ ratings

☀️ 1960s Summer 👵 Matchmaker Aunt 🏊 Summer Fling

On the Road

by Jack Kerouac • 1957

A writer chases America with a drifter whose wild joy devours everyone close to him.

3.61

452k+

🎒 Beat Generation 🛣️ Road Novel 🌪️ Charismatic Drifter

On the Road 85%

A writer chases America with a drifter whose wild joy devours everyone close to him.

by Jack Kerouac 1957

3.61

452k+ ratings

🎒 Beat Generation 🛣️ Road Novel 🌪️ Charismatic Drifter

Empire's Crossroads

by Carrie Gibson • 2014

Five centuries of sugar, slavery, and empire: how a handful of islands made the modern world.

3.83

592

🏝️ Caribbean History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery ✊ Haitian Revolution

Empire's Crossroads 85%

Five centuries of sugar, slavery, and empire: how a handful of islands made the modern world.

by Carrie Gibson 2014

3.83

592 ratings

🏝️ Caribbean History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery ✊ Haitian Revolution

The Secrets We Kept

by Lara Prescott • 2019

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

3.65

79k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies

The Secrets We Kept 85%

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

by Lara Prescott 2019

3.65

79k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies

Now Is the Hour

by Tom Spanbauer • 2006

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

4.14

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love

Now Is the Hour 85%

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

by Tom Spanbauer 2006

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love

Hazards of Time Travel

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2018

A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.

2.98

8k+

📚 Literary Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 👁️ Surveillance State

Hazards of Time Travel 85%

A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2018

2.98

8k+ ratings

📚 Literary Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 👁️ Surveillance State

The Cry of the Halidon

by Robert Ludlum • 1972

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

3.77

7k+

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller

The Cry of the Halidon 85%

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

by Robert Ludlum 1972

3.77

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller

JFK's Forgotten Crisis

by Bruce Riedel • 2015

A CIA shadow war in Tibet helped spark the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Asia never recovered.

4.17

445

🌐 Cold War Geopolitics 🏔️ Sino-Indian Relations 🕵️ Covert Operations

JFK's Forgotten Crisis 85%

A CIA shadow war in Tibet helped spark the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Asia never recovered.

by Bruce Riedel 2015

4.17

445 ratings

🌐 Cold War Geopolitics 🏔️ Sino-Indian Relations 🕵️ Covert Operations

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

In the Best Families 85%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

Go Set a Watchman

by Harper Lee • 2015

Home from New York, a young woman finds her father, her moral hero, sitting with segregationists.

3.31

293k+

🖋️ Southern Literary Fiction 🗳️ Civil Rights Era 🏛️ Fallen Idol

Go Set a Watchman 85%

Home from New York, a young woman finds her father, her moral hero, sitting with segregationists.

by Harper Lee 2015

3.31

293k+ ratings

🖋️ Southern Literary Fiction 🗳️ Civil Rights Era 🏛️ Fallen Idol

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood

by Rasheed Newson • 2026

A Black fixer in 1950s Hollywood falls for a rising star, risking the studio's deadliest secrets.

4.07

609

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Forbidden Love

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood Summary

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood 85%

A Black fixer in 1950s Hollywood falls for a rising star, risking the studio's deadliest secrets.

by Rasheed Newson 2026

4.07

609 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🎥 Behind The Scenes 💔 Forbidden Love

The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 2000

Armed conspirators wait on a dark highway to kill the Dominican Republic's aging tyrant.

4.35

44k+

🏛️ Dictatorship Fiction 🔫 Assassination Plot 💔 Sexual Trauma

The Feast of the Goat 85%

Armed conspirators wait on a dark highway to kill the Dominican Republic's aging tyrant.

by Mario Vargas Llosa 2000

4.35

44k+ ratings

🏛️ Dictatorship Fiction 🔫 Assassination Plot 💔 Sexual Trauma

A Fish in the Water

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 1993

Peru, 1990. A novelist campaigns for president while the boy who discovered books haunts his memory.

4.02

1k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🗳️ Political Memoir ✍️ Writers And Politics

A Fish in the Water 85%

Peru, 1990. A novelist campaigns for president while the boy who discovered books haunts his memory.

by Mario Vargas Llosa 1993

4.02

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🗳️ Political Memoir ✍️ Writers And Politics

All the Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy • 1992

Riding into Mexico for open land, a teen cowboy finds love, prison, and the end of the West.

4.06

149k+

🏜️ Literary Western 🤠 Cowboy Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Class Romance

All the Pretty Horses 85%

Riding into Mexico for open land, a teen cowboy finds love, prison, and the end of the West.

by Cormac McCarthy 1992

4.06

149k+ ratings

🏜️ Literary Western 🤠 Cowboy Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Class Romance

The Savage Detectives

by Roberto Bolaño • 1998

Mexico City, 1970s. Young poets abandon their lives to hunt a vanished writer across the desert.

4.18

54k+

📚 Literary Underground ✒️ Failed Poets 🗣️ Oral History

The Savage Detectives 85%

Mexico City, 1970s. Young poets abandon their lives to hunt a vanished writer across the desert.

by Roberto Bolaño 1998

4.18

54k+ ratings

📚 Literary Underground ✒️ Failed Poets 🗣️ Oral History

The Air You Breathe

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator

The Air You Breathe 85%

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018

3.88

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator

Last Bus to Wisdom

by Ivan Doig • 2015

An orphan and a German drifter ride the Greyhound west into hobo camps and ranch country.

4.08

19k+

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

Last Bus to Wisdom 85%

An orphan and a German drifter ride the Greyhound west into hobo camps and ranch country.

by Ivan Doig 2015

4.08

19k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

Storia dell'Italia contemporanea 1943-2019

by Umberto Gentiloni Silveri • 2019

Moro, Mafia bombs, Tangentopoli: Italy's republic keeps dying but never gets buried.

3.09

📜 Italian History 🇪🇺 Postwar Europe 🌐 Cold War Politics

Storia dell'Italia contemporanea 1943-2019 Summary

Storia dell'Italia contemporanea 1943-2019 85%

Moro, Mafia bombs, Tangentopoli: Italy's republic keeps dying but never gets buried.

by Umberto Gentiloni Silveri 2019

3.09

46 ratings

📜 Italian History 🇪🇺 Postwar Europe 🌐 Cold War Politics

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