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23 books

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

404 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde

Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

Audre Lorde

16 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
nonfiction essays feminism gender challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Love & Saffron by Kim Fay

Love & Saffron

Kim Fay

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
fiction historical emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance speculative fiction emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert

470 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Ya Yas #1

Rebecca Wells

358 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

473 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Outlander

Outlander #1

Diana Gabaldon

850 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer

289 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
fiction historical romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

The Kingkiller Chronicle #1

Patrick Rothfuss

661 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0claire_dudley's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced