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A Girlhood: A Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays

A Girlhood: A Letter to My Transgender Daughter

Carolyn Hays

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.25elugh's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy

Heather Ann Thompson

22 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.5elugh's review
nonfiction history politics true crime challenging informative slow-paced
Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain by Amy Jeffs

Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain

Amy Jeffs

229 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0elugh's review
nonfiction history poetry adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Yale and Slavery: A History by David W. Blight

Yale and Slavery: A History

David W. Blight

448 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.5elugh's review
nonfiction history race
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

480 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

3.75elugh's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Shy by Max Porter

Shy

Max Porter

128 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.75elugh's review
fiction literary dark emotional sad fast-paced
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World by Kathryn Hughes

Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World

Kathryn Hughes

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.0elugh's review
nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Wendy Joseph

Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

Wendy Joseph

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.25elugh's review
nonfiction memoir true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy by Philippe Sands

The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy

Philippe Sands

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0elugh's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

17 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

4.5elugh's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced