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The Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses

The Sense of Wonder

Matthew Salesses

6 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2023

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction contemporary challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Better the Blood by Michael Bennett

Better the Blood

Hana Westerman #1

Michael Bennett

9 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2022

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction contemporary thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • hardcover • 2016

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

369 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

292 pages • digital • 2022 user-added

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang

Days of Distraction

Alexandra Chang

320 pages • paperback • 2020

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

Linda Villarosa

10 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2022

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction health race challenging emotional informative medium-paced
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer

She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

Carl Zimmer

657 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

355 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

255 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction literary science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced