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Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas by Roberto Lovato

Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas

Roberto Lovato

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

Kiese Laymon

146 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

The Dog Stars

Peter Heller

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
fiction science fiction adventurous hopeful reflective slow-paced
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction business health true crime informative tense medium-paced
The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano

The Book of Embraces

Eduardo Galeano

288 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
fiction poetry short stories reflective medium-paced
Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir by Jean Guerrero

Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir

Jean Guerrero

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Skinned Bird by Chelsea Biondolillo

The Skinned Bird

Chelsea Biondolillo

165 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction essays memoir reflective slow-paced
Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero

Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda

Jean Guerrero

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction biography politics emotional reflective slow-paced
On Photography by Susan Sontag

On Photography

Susan Sontag

207 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim

Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Suki Kim

291 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0reading_to_write's review
nonfiction history memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced