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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

8 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

2.0manic_swens's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix

408 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0manic_swens's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

448 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.75manic_swens's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System that Failed Toronto's Queer Community by Justin Ling

Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System that Failed Toronto's Queer Community

Justin Ling

8 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.25manic_swens's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman

Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World

Rutger Bregman

316 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0manic_swens's review
nonfiction economics philosophy politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Sarah Vowell

8 hours • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.5manic_swens's review
nonfiction biography history reflective medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

213 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.25manic_swens's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

118 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.25manic_swens's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

378 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0manic_swens's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

11 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0manic_swens's review
nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced