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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May

241 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir self help emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Motherhood by Sheila Heti

Motherhood

Sheila Heti

284 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Goldmining the Shadows by Pixie Lighthorse

Goldmining the Shadows

Pixie Lighthorse

158 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Boundaries & Protection by Pixie Lighthorse

Boundaries & Protection

Pixie Lighthorse

162 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy self help informative reflective slow-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

201 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

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fiction dystopian literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
There Is No Good Card for This: What to Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love by Emily McDowell, Kelsey Crowe

There Is No Good Card for This: What to Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love

Emily McDowell, Kelsey Crowe

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring fast-paced
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction biography psychology science emotional informative sad medium-paced
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

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fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver

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

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

Fair and Tender Ladies

Lee Smith

370 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced