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We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive by Laurie Notaro

We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive

Laurie Notaro

240 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood by Laurie Notaro

Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood

Laurie Notaro

257 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey

Wool Omnibus

Silo #1

Hugh Howey

539 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

The Hundred-Year-Old Man #1

Jonas Jonasson

384 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
fiction contemporary adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

338 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
nonfiction science funny informative medium-paced
The Principles of Knitting: Methods and Techniques of Hand Knitting by June Hemmons Hiatt

The Principles of Knitting: Methods and Techniques of Hand Knitting

June Hemmons Hiatt

712 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
nonfiction reference informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Chris Hadfield

304 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
nonfiction memoir science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues by Martin J. Blaser

Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues

Martin J. Blaser

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
nonfiction health science challenging informative slow-paced
Reamde by Neal Stephenson

Reamde

Crypto #2

Neal Stephenson

38 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
fiction science fiction thriller adventurous tense fast-paced
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Christopher Moore

15 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0otherryn's review
fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced