Melissa Brain

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Melissa Brain

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Melissa’s favorite books

The Poet by Michael Connelly

Commandant of Auschwitz by Rudolf Höss

The Boys by Martin Gilbert

The Holocaust by Martin Gilbert

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

The Chosen by Chaim Potok

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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Melissa’s Bookshelves

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crime‎ (111)
jewish‎ (27)
scandi-crime‎ (21)

middle-east‎ (20)
fiction‎ (19)
historical‎ (19)
thriller‎ (19)
fantasy-magic‎ (15)
horror‎ (8)

indian‎ (8)
non-fiction‎ (6)
ya-fiction‎ (6)
afro-american-slavery‎ (5)
australian-fiction‎ (4)
asian‎ (3)

gothic‎ (2)
self-help-education‎ (2)
shakespeare‎ (2)
classics‎ (1)
health‎ (1)
uk-fiction‎ (1)

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Melissa is Currently Reading

Blood Work

Melissa Brain is currently reading

Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)

by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, crime

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Nov 09, 2025 02:45AM

Westbrook

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by Stokes William

bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction

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(page 40 of 432)
— Jul 24, 2025 05:08AM

Jul 22, 2025 02:46PM

One Flew Over the...

Melissa Brain is currently reading

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

by Ken Kesey

bookshelves: currently-reading, classics

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(page 24 of 281)
— Jul 17, 2025 05:38AM

Jul 16, 2025 03:45PM

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2025 Reading Challenge

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2025 Reading Challenge

Melissa Brain has read 41 books of her goal of 40!

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Favorite Genres

Adult Fiction, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, and Travel

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