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Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker

Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol

Holly Whitaker

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction health memoir self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Jonathan Kozol

423 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction education race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist

Eli Saslow

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction biography politics race challenging reflective fast-paced
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name #1

André Aciman

248 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

Jonathan Kozol

304 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction education sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

228 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

165 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0babyspock's review
nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced