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23 books

We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here

Samra Habib

220 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia

Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

Helen Zia

503 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
nonfiction history politics challenging emotional slow-paced
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman

271 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
nonfiction self help informative reflective medium-paced
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Catherine Gildiner

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
nonfiction psychology challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

The Bridges of Madison County

Robert James Waller

224 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
fiction classics romance emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Confessions of an Imaginary Friend by Michelle Cuevas

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

Michelle Cuevas

168 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
fiction childrens fantasy middle grade adventurous slow-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0fartyparty's review
nonfiction feminism memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced