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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

192 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

432 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad 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

392 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women

Elinor Cleghorn

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative medium-paced
The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini

The Bread the Devil Knead

Lisa Allen-Agostini

245 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

The Story of the Lost Child

The Neapolitan Novels #4

Elena Ferrante

473 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

203 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

5.0elliej's review
fiction classics dystopian challenging dark reflective slow-paced