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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

12 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Maureen Callahan

11 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
nonfiction feminism history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski, Emily Nagoski

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

Amelia Nagoski, Emily Nagoski

7 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
nonfiction health self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens

Briefly, A Delicious Life

Nell Stevens

9 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Just Kids by Patti Smith

Just Kids

Patti Smith

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
nonfiction art memoir music emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Notre vie dans les forêts by Marie Darrieussecq

Notre vie dans les forêts

Marie Darrieussecq

189 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
fiction science fiction reflective slow-paced
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Fredrik Backman

1 hour, 9 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0avasbookmark's review
fiction contemporary literary sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced