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Beat the Backlist 2025 - hosted by austinedecker

stories about language, words, the power of such things, you get the idea

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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke, Brené Brown

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown with L. Morgan Lee (Narrator), JD Jackson (Narrator), Tarana Burke (Narrator), Bahni Turpin (Narrator), Brené Brown (Narrator), Mirron Willis (Narrator)

6 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays psychology race sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

Tarana Burke, Brené Brown with L. Morgan Lee (Narrator), JD Jackson (Narrator), Tarana Burke (Narrator), Bahni Turpin (Narrator), Brené Brown (Narrator), Mirron Willis (Narrator)

6 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction essays psychology race sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced

So cosa hai fatto by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

So cosa hai fatto
Ace of Spades #1

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

400 pages • digital • 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced

So cosa hai fatto

Ace of Spades #1

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

400 pages • digital • 2021

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Embassytown
China Miéville

405 pages • paperback • 2011 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Embassytown

China Miéville

405 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Thank You for Listening
Julia Whelan with Julia Whelan (Narrator)

11 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Thank You for Listening

Julia Whelan with Julia Whelan (Narrator)

11 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

The Farthest Shore
Earthsea Cycle #3

Ursula K. Le Guin

259 pages • paperback • 1972 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Farthest Shore

Earthsea Cycle #3

Ursula K. Le Guin

259 pages • paperback • 1972

fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Fuzzy Nation
John Scalzi

303 pages • hardcover • 2011 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced

Fuzzy Nation

John Scalzi

303 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Audre Lorde

190 pages • paperback • 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • paperback • 1984

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Calypso
Oliver K. Langmead

224 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction poetry science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

Calypso

Oliver K. Langmead

224 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction poetry science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

The Book that Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence

The Book that Held Her Heart
The Library Trilogy #3

Mark Lawrence

384 pages • digital • 2025 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

The Book that Held Her Heart

The Library Trilogy #3

Mark Lawrence

384 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
Samuel Burr

355 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ hopeful mysterious medium-paced

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

Samuel Burr

355 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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