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Didn't We Almost Have It All: The Genius, Shame, and Audacity of Whitney Houston by Gerrick Kennedy

Didn't We Almost Have It All: The Genius, Shame, and Audacity of Whitney Houston

Gerrick Kennedy

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction biography music emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Seven Games: A Human History by Oliver Roeder

Seven Games: A Human History

Oliver Roeder

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction biography psychology science emotional informative medium-paced
You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson

You Feel It Just Below the Ribs

Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

3.0benmsmith's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Black Futures by Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham

Black Futures

Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham

544 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction art essays poetry race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump by Spencer Ackerman

Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump

Spencer Ackerman

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

210 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0benmsmith's review
fiction literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage by Drew Magary

The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage

Drew Magary

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny informative fast-paced
All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk

All of the Marvels

Douglas Wolk

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

3.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction comics history memoir informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self by Ian Morgan Cron

The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self

Ian Morgan Cron

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0benmsmith's review
nonfiction philosophy self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced