Elisabeth Schmalen

15 books

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Chris Hadfield

304 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Bird Boy: The Liminal Wood by Anne Szabla

Bird Boy: The Liminal Wood

Bird Boy #2

Anne Szabla

88 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction childrens comics fantasy graphic novel adventurous medium-paced
Bird Boy: The Sword of Mali Mani by Anne Szabla

Bird Boy: The Sword of Mali Mani

Bird Boy #1

Anne Szabla

88 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction childrens comics fantasy graphic novel adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks

Communion: The Female Search for Love

Love Trilogy #3

bell hooks

244 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction feminism philosophy inspiring reflective slow-paced
Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspé

Glucose Revolution

Jessie Inchauspé

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction health science self help informative inspiring fast-paced
Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo, Mary Cronk Farrell

Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage

Tilar J. Mazzeo, Mary Cronk Farrell

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
Mia and the Lightcasters by Janelle McCurdy

Mia and the Lightcasters

Umbra Tales #1

Janelle McCurdy

406 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West by Catherine Belton

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West

Catherine Belton

640 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative slow-paced
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

David Wallace-Wells

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Year of Yes

Shonda Rhimes

336 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help funny inspiring reflective medium-paced