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Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice: The Untold Story of the Adam Walsh Case by John Walsh

Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice: The Untold Story of the Adam Walsh Case

John Walsh

404 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction biography crime true crime emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
Heartsick: Three Stories About Love and Loss, and What Happens in Between by Jessie Stephens

Heartsick: Three Stories About Love and Loss, and What Happens in Between

Jessie Stephens

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction biography emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Spare by Prince Harry

Spare

Prince Harry

410 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland

Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom

Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Parting Words: 9 Lessons for a Remarkable Life by Benjamin Ferencz

Parting Words: 9 Lessons for a Remarkable Life

Benjamin Ferencz

160 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction autobiography medium-paced
My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

My Body

Emily Ratajkowski

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story

Hyeonseo Lee

436 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
The Last Ocean: A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard

The Last Ocean: A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting

Nicci Gerrard

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction science challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Her by Christa Parravani

Her

Christa Parravani

308 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen

Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity

Kerry Cohen

240 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0sammantha's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective fast-paced