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Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet

The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

Jeff Sharlet

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction politics challenging 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)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

The Yellow House

Sarah M. Broom

376 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Liars' Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr

The Liars' Club: A Memoir

Mary Karr

352 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective sad medium-paced
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

The Collected Schizophrenias

Esmé Weijun Wang

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction essays memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

James Agee

416 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction classics history emotional reflective sad slow-paced
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte

What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia

Elizabeth Catte

177 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction history politics sociology reflective slow-paced
The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir by D. Watkins

The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir

D. Watkins

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction biography crime memoir reflective fast-paced