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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
Stay True by Hua Hsu

Stay True

Hua Hsu

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.25aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

5 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.75aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Curtis Chin

8 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.5aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

11 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

4.5aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction history nature politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

9 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

Peach Blossom Spring

Melissa Fu

464 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.25aweekinthelife's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Pet

PET #1

Akwaeke Emezi

5 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.5aweekinthelife's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva

Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration

Alejandra Oliva

9 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.75aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced