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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

16 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced
Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

Joy Buolamwini

317 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0skeltzer's review
nonfiction memoir technology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #1

Satoshi Yagisawa

147 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Ayiti by Roxane Gay

Ayiti

Roxane Gay

126 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Jon Sternfeld, Michael K. Williams

Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

Jon Sternfeld, Michael K. Williams

6 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life by Quince Mountain, Blair Braverman

Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life

Quince Mountain, Blair Braverman

144 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
nonfiction biography sports adventurous emotional medium-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

422 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0skeltzer's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced