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Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason

Sorrow & Bliss

Meg Mason

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

150 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

303 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
nonfiction essays feminism challenging reflective medium-paced
Outraged: Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking by Ashley 'Dotty' Charles

Outraged: Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking

Ashley 'Dotty' Charles

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
nonfiction politics sociology funny informative reflective medium-paced
To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins

To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret

Jedidiah Jenkins

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced
Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace by Meg Fee

Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace

Meg Fee

206 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
nonfiction essays memoir reflective medium-paced
Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi

Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen

Amrou Al-Kadhi

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Lanny by Max Porter

Lanny

Max Porter

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
fiction fantasy magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living by Krista Tippett

Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

Krista Tippett

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0helenajoy_'s review
nonfiction philosophy psychology reflective slow-paced