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Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief by Katriona O'Sullivan

Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

Katriona O'Sullivan

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism

Yanis Varoufakis

209 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

3.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

304 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

4.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984 by Dorian Lynskey

The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984

Dorian Lynskey

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction biography history politics dark reflective slow-paced
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo

371 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0lou_o_donnell's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial by Kathryn Mannix

With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

Kathryn Mannix

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction self help emotional informative reflective medium-paced
To Star the Dark by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

To Star the Dark

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

70 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0lou_o_donnell's review
poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All of These People: A Memoir by Fergal Keane

All of These People: A Memoir

Fergal Keane

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0lou_o_donnell's review
nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced