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Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

J. Ryan Stradal

352 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0stephjensen's review
fiction literary reflective medium-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

296 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0stephjensen's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Winners by Fredrik Backman

The Winners

Beartown #3

Fredrik Backman

688 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0stephjensen's review
fiction contemporary literary sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Starfish

Lisa Fipps

256 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0stephjensen's review
fiction middle grade poetry emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

272 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0stephjensen's review
nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0stephjensen's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

165 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0stephjensen's review
nonfiction essays nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers

The Eyes & the Impossible

Dave Eggers

5 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2023

5.0stephjensen's review
fiction middle grade adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

My Side of the River

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

272 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0stephjensen's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

688 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0stephjensen's review
nonfiction biography history politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced