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Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

Having and Being Had

Eula Biss

336 pages • paperback • 2020

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction essays politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters by Rebecca Solnit

Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters

Rebecca Solnit

5 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2019 user-added

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Karmen by Guillem March

Karmen

Guillem March

160 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0melannrosenthal's review
fiction comics fantasy dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Everything, Beautiful: A Guide to Finding Hidden Beauty in the World by Ella Frances Sanders

Everything, Beautiful: A Guide to Finding Hidden Beauty in the World

Ella Frances Sanders

224 pages • paperback

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction inspiring reflective medium-paced
Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne

Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

Chris Payne

13 hours, 54 minutes • audio • 2023

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction history music emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives

Viet Thanh Nguyen

5 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2018

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction essays politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter by Celeste Headlee

We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter

Celeste Headlee

5 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2017

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative medium-paced
The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone by Natalie Eve Garrett

The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone

Natalie Eve Garrett

272 pages • paperback • 2022

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction essays emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You by Reductress

How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You

Reductress

4 hours, 49 minutes • audio • 2023

5.0melannrosenthal's review
nonfiction essays funny reflective fast-paced