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Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story

Emily Henry

387 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa

How to Stand Up to a Dictator

Maria Ressa

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

305 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

308 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
fiction contemporary magical realism romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

Tricia Hersey

211 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
nonfiction race sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan

Ten Rules for Faking It

Jansen Brothers #1

Sophie Sullivan

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
fiction contemporary romance lighthearted slow-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Whiteout by Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

Whiteout

Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

222 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lauraine's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance short stories young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced