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118 books

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

310 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

1024 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
fiction classics historical romance emotional sad slow-paced
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Jenny Lawson

318 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme

My Life in France

Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme

317 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss

Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever by Rory Feek

This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever

Rory Feek

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (And Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham

Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (And Everything in Between)

Lauren Graham

225 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began by Joanna Brooks, Alex Cooper

Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began

Joanna Brooks, Alex Cooper

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

451 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0fattylumpkin's review
fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced