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The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander

The Light of the World: A Memoir

Elizabeth Alexander

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0elizabethnewell's review
nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

112 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0elizabethnewell's review
nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History by Rich Benjamin

Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History

Rich Benjamin

320 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0elizabethnewell's review
nonfiction history memoir
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction historical literary romance 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

334 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0elizabethnewell's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O'Donohue

Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

John O'Donohue

272 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0elizabethnewell's review
nonfiction philosophy poetry reflective fast-paced
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon

The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

J.B. MacKinnon

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0elizabethnewell's review
nonfiction sociology challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

267 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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nonfiction essays feminism gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0elizabethnewell's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced