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This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

This Wretched Valley

Jenny Kiefer

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
fiction horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

282 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction health memoir science sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II by Judith Mackrell

The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

Judith Mackrell

464 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Honeybee by Trista Mateer

Honeybee

Trista Mateer

160 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving by John Greenburg, Mo Rocca

Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving

John Greenburg, Mo Rocca

665 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction biography history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues it Holds by Philippa Langley, Michael Jones

The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues it Holds

Philippa Langley, Michael Jones

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith

Goldenrod: Poems

Maggie Smith

115 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Tropic of Squalor: Poems by Mary Karr

Tropic of Squalor: Poems

Mary Karr

96 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0betsyrisen's review
nonfiction poetry reflective slow-paced