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A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection by Jenni Murray

A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection

Jenni Murray

298 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual by Merle Miller

On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual

Merle Miller

74 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ challenging reflective slow-paced
Speak by Tunde Oyeneyin

Speak

Tunde Oyeneyin

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham

Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between

Lauren Graham

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Alguien camina sobre tu tumba: Mis viajes a cementerios by Mariana Enríquez

Alguien camina sobre tu tumba: Mis viajes a cementerios

Mariana Enríquez

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays horror travel informative mysterious tense medium-paced
Destined to Live: One Woman's War, Life, Loves Remembered by Sabina Wolanski, Diana Bagnall

Destined to Live: One Woman's War, Life, Loves Remembered

Sabina Wolanski, Diana Bagnall

320 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
One Life by Megan Rapinoe, Emma Brockes

One Life

Megan Rapinoe, Emma Brockes

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir sports informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

The Sound of Gravel

Ruth Wariner

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Lontano da Crum by Gian Paolo Serino, Lee Maynard
Lontano da Crum
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Gian Paolo Serino, Lee Maynard

Lontano da Crum

Crum Trilogy #1

Gian Paolo Serino, Lee Maynard

199 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced