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The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

416 pages • digital • 2019

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction historical literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

80 pages • digital • 2017

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Thoughts in Time: Poems by Charles Jordan

Thoughts in Time: Poems

Charles Jordan

43 pages • 2019

5.0spinningjenny's review
challenging informative medium-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

272 pages • paperback • 2014

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

189 pages • digital • 2018

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction memoir self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

637 pages • paperback • 1989

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
My Own Devices: Essays From the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love by Dessa

My Own Devices: Essays From the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love

Dessa

288 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction essays memoir music challenging reflective sad fast-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

346 pages • hardcover • 2016

5.0spinningjenny's review
nonfiction feminism history mathematics race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

477 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Small Great Things

Ruth Jefferson #1

Jodi Picoult

16 hours • audio • 2016

5.0spinningjenny's review
fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced