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Books mentioned in this topic
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (other topics)The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (other topics)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (other topics)
Tress of the Emerald Sea (other topics)
The Angel Experiment (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
J.R.R. Tolkien (other topics)J.R.R. Tolkien (other topics)
Dorothy Gilman (other topics)
Brandon Sanderson (other topics)
James Patterson (other topics)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
length:
320 pages
11 hours and 5 minutes
genres: Young adult, Classics, High Fantasy.
short description:
The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth and follows home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit of the title, who joins the wizard Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves of Thorin's Company, on a quest to reclaim the dwarves' home and treasure from the dragon Smaug.
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
length:
240 pages
8 hours and 17 minutes
genres: Adult, cozy Mystery, humor, thriller.
short description:
Mrs Emily Pollifax is a 60-ish widow wanting more from life than teas and garden club meetings. In search of adventure, she decides to offer her services to the CIA - who, after all, would spot a suburban grandmother as a cold war secret agent? - and adventure she finds.
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
length:
384 pages
12 hours and 27 minutes
genres: Young adult, High fantasy, Cozy mystery, romance.
short description:
Tress has never left her Island set in the Emerald sea, and she has no intention of ever leaving. That is until her friend Charlie becomes captured at sea and Tress knows no one else is going to save him. Her journey takes her across the Emerald Sea, from Islands to Pirate Ships.
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
length:
464 pages
7 hours and 55 minutes
genres: Young adult, Urban fantasy, science fiction, paranormal.
short description:
Maximum Ride and her "flock," Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel, are ordinary kids—only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but while they're on the run from the “School” that cruelly experimented on them, their lives can morph into a nightmare at any time.