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My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

970 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Carrie Brownstein

244 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction feminism memoir music reflective slow-paced
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport

The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

The Romanov Sisters #2

Helen Rappaport

492 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Lover by Marguerite Duras

The Lover

The Lover #1

Marguerite Duras

128 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality by Emily W. Sunstein

Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality

Emily W. Sunstein

512 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction biography challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

Brom

305 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

353 pages • first pub 1811 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Emily Brontë by Katherine Frank

Emily Brontë

Katherine Frank

302 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0veloskyraptor's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced