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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

228 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Atul Gawande

248 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
nonfiction health memoir science sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood

The One-in-a-Million Boy

Monica Wood

336 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
fiction contemporary funny hopeful sad medium-paced
Life Without a Recipe by Diana Abu-Jaber

Life Without a Recipe

Diana Abu-Jaber

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

My Name Is Lucy Barton

Amgash #1

Elizabeth Strout

missing page info • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Roz Chast

228 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Accidentally on Purpose: A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made by Mary F. Pols

Accidentally on Purpose: A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made

Mary F. Pols

288 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
nonfiction memoir reflective fast-paced
Rescuing Penny Jane: One Shelter Volunteer, Countless Dogs, and the Quest to Find Them All Homes by Amy Sutherland

Rescuing Penny Jane: One Shelter Volunteer, Countless Dogs, and the Quest to Find Them All Homes

Amy Sutherland

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
nonfiction memoir informative inspiring slow-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

313 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0msmichaela's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced