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Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

Hannah Carlson

6 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced
Temeraire by Naomi Novik

Temeraire

Temeraire #1

Naomi Novik

340 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous medium-paced
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

6 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages by Janina Ramírez

Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages

Janina Ramírez

11 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction feminism history challenging informative medium-paced
What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller

What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt

Tessa Miller

9 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional sad medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

4 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute

Zac Bissonnette

8 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction business economics history reflective medium-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

8 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction feminism sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

9 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

10 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0happentobeshort's review
nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced