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110 books

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

8 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures by Sahaj Kaur Kohli

But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures

Sahaj Kaur Kohli

11 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir self help hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Jason De León

9 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction biography politics dark informative reflective medium-paced
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo

How to Read Now

Elaine Castillo

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

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong

Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression

Teresa Wong

117 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

Prachi Gupta

9 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir informative reflective sad medium-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

6 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
As Long As You Need by J.S. Park

As Long As You Need

J.S. Park

240 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction religion sociology emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Carceral Capitalism by Jackie Wang

Carceral Capitalism

Semiotext(e) / Intervention

Jackie Wang

360 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0aweekinthelife's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced