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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Jason De León

9 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction biography politics dark informative reflective medium-paced
But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures by Sahaj Kaur Kohli

But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures

Sahaj Kaur Kohli

11 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir self help hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Silencing Shanghai: Language and Identity in Urban China by Fang Xu

Silencing Shanghai: Language and Identity in Urban China

Fang Xu

273 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.25aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction sociology medium-paced
Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

Connie: A Memoir

Connie Chung

11 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.25aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

8 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.25aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo

How to Read Now

Elaine Castillo

9 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

9 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 1989 (editions)

4.0aweekinthelife's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Chinese Theories of Fiction: A Non-Western Narrative System by Ming Dong Gu

Chinese Theories of Fiction: A Non-Western Narrative System

Ming Dong Gu

286 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

3.75aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia

Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

Helen Zia

17 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.75aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction history politics challenging emotional slow-paced
Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong

Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression

Teresa Wong

117 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional reflective fast-paced