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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

2 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 1963

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Shel Silverstein

183 pages • hardcover • 1974

5.0melissagopp's review
fiction childrens classics poetry funny lighthearted fast-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

2 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2009

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

241 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • paperback • 2019

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nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Bad Vibes Only: and Other Things I Bring to the Table by Nora McInerny

Bad Vibes Only: and Other Things I Bring to the Table

Nora McInerny

224 pages • hardcover • 2022

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity by Justin Baldoni

Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity

Justin Baldoni

12 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2021

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nonfiction gender self help informative inspiring 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

16 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2013

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nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Write Great Beginnings: How to start a novel, hook readers from page one, avoid common first-chapter problems by Sandra Gerth

Write Great Beginnings: How to start a novel, hook readers from page one, avoid common first-chapter problems

Sandra Gerth

208 pages • digital

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