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29 books

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

287 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine

It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

Megan Devine

249 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
nonfiction psychology self help emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

Milk Fed

Melissa Broder

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

Kristen Radtke

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
nonfiction graphic novel psychology sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Hollywood Park: A Memoir by Mikel Jollett

Hollywood Park: A Memoir

Mikel Jollett

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges

Calling Dr. Laura

Nicole J. Georges

260 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home

Nicole J. Georges

328 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0allisonrb's review
nonfiction comics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced