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This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes

This Much is True

Miriam Margolyes

427 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.25joerourke's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0joerourke's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

4.0joerourke's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0joerourke's review
nonfiction memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

768 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.75joerourke's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.5joerourke's review
fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

204 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0joerourke's review
fiction classics adventurous dark funny fast-paced
A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

A Coney Island of the Mind

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

93 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

4.0joerourke's review
fiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

Machines Like Me

Ian McEwan

306 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0joerourke's review
fiction science fiction challenging reflective medium-paced
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

My Family and Other Animals

Corfu Trilogy #1

Gerald Durrell

273 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

4.5joerourke's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced