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30 books

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

15 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

A Children's Bible

Lydia Millet

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
fiction dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut

A Man Without a Country

Kurt Vonnegut

145 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

bell hooks

205 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
nonfiction feminism gender psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

325 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

5 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0penny_dlc's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced