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35 books

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

570 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

Braving the Wilderness

Brené Brown

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction psychology inspiring medium-paced
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

Kate Bowler

186 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective sad medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

443 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Brené Brown

287 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

384 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity by Jamie Lee Finch

You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity

Jamie Lee Finch

82 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction memoir religion emotional slow-paced
A Religion of One's Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World by Thomas Moore

A Religion of One's Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World

Thomas Moore

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction philosophy religion informative reflective slow-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0sydneyema's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced