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8 books

The Man Who Couldn't Stop by David Adam

The Man Who Couldn't Stop

David Adam

304 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo

198 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
fiction childrens fantasy emotional hopeful slow-paced
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell

The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

Jeff Goodell

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

Nick Turse

376 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative medium-paced
Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer

Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

Carl Zimmer

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
nonfiction essays history science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

709 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0maddyryne's review
fiction horror literary mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
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