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Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin

Call Me American: A Memoir

Abdi Nor Iftin

255 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

George R.R. Martin

835 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

66 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

334 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley

Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward

Gemma Hartley

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction feminism politics sociology challenging reflective slow-paced
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald

Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

Juli Berwald

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous slow-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

11 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Peggy Orenstein

303 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction psychology science self help reflective fast-paced
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick

Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

Kate Bolick

336 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff by Abbi Jacobson

I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff

Abbi Jacobson

313 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0helenmelonn's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced