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When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

323 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jean-Dominique Bauby

131 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel

A Girl Named Zippy

Zippy #1

Haven Kimmel

275 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Jeanette Winterson

230 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Escape by Carolyn Jessop

Escape

Carolyn Jessop

413 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction memoir religion dark emotional slow-paced
Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Jericho Vincent

Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood

Jericho Vincent

228 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction memoir religion challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Blaine Harden

224 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction biography history dark emotional medium-paced
The World's Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key

The World's Largest Man

Harrison Scott Key

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You

Me Before You #1

Jojo Moyes

369 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0thuglibrarian's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced