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37 books

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

341 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful 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)

5.0absinthe's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park #1

Michael Crichton

449 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous tense fast-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Maus #2

Art Spiegelman

136 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
nonfiction comics history memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds by Linda Geddes

Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds

Linda Geddes

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
nonfiction health nature science informative medium-paced
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death

Caitlin Doughty

348 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
nonfiction science sociology funny informative fast-paced
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

In Five Years

Rebecca Serle

255 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 2 by Hayao Miyazaki

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 2

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #5-7

Hayao Miyazaki

544 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
fiction fantasy manga science fiction adventurous fast-paced
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 1 by Hayao Miyazaki

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 1

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #1-4

Hayao Miyazaki

560 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0absinthe's review
fiction fantasy manga science fiction adventurous medium-paced