thegrandnarrative's
2023
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling by Eric Nuzum

Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling

Eric Nuzum

264 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction business reference informative reflective medium-paced
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir

Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Zahra Hankir

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

3.5thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex by Sophia Giovannitti

Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex

Sophia Giovannitti

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
November 9 by Colleen Hoover

November 9

Colleen Hoover

307 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

4.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction romance emotional fast-paced
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

130 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

3.0thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics informative reflective medium-paced
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

Intimacies

Katie Kitamura

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary literary dark reflective medium-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition) by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition)

Anthony Bourdain

312 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

3.5thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

150 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us #1

Colleen Hoover

376 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional sad medium-paced
Involuntary Consent: The Illusion of Choice in Japan's Adult Video Industry by Akiko Takeyama

Involuntary Consent: The Illusion of Choice in Japan's Adult Video Industry

Akiko Takeyama

252 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.5thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction erotica feminism gender