mrsbennefits's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

mrsbennefits finished reading 192 books, across 22,598 pages and 1,073.45 hours!

First book
Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You! by Sasha Hamdani

Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You!
Last book
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

mrsbennefits's 2025 StoryGraph

A mood map of mrsbennefits's reading

Lighter books push the line up and darker books pull the line down

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mrsbennefits soaked up fascinating insights, lingered over quieter, thoughtful moments, and tackled ideas that demanded deep thinking.

A steady rhythm of stories kept the year moving along nicely.

Books, pages, and minutes per month in 2025

Line chart showing books, pages read, and minutes listened to each month in 2025. The data for books read per month are as follows: January - 11 books, February - 12 books, March - 15 books, April - 14 books, May - 19 books, June - 21 books, July - 21 books, August - 24 books, September - 14 books, October - 16 books, November - 11 books, December - 15 books. The data for pages read per month are as follows: January - 3117 pages, February - 2464 pages, March - 1558 pages, April - 1565 pages, May - 2869 pages, June - 3014 pages, July - 2612 pages, August - 1642 pages, September - 1159 pages, October - 761 pages, November - 708 pages, December - 1189 pages. The data for minutes listened per month are as follows: January - 910 minutes, February - 2413 minutes, March - 4159 minutes, April - 4633 minutes, May - 5226 minutes, June - 6727 minutes, July - 9007 minutes, August - 8551 minutes, September - 6816 minutes, October - 6350 minutes, November - 4374 minutes, December - 5329 minutes.
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mrsbennefits met her reading goal!

128%

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mrsbennefits met her pages goal!

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mrsbennefits met her hours goal!

107%

The genres mrsbennefits spent the most time with in 2025

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Under the Dome by Stephen King

Under the Dome

Stephen King

Longest book
34h 18m
Shortest book
40 pages
Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Anika Aldamuy Denise

Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Anika Aldamuy Denise

The average length of the books mrsbennefits read was 301 pages and it took her around 6 days to finish each book!

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel

Leigh Bardugo

Least time spent
1 day
Most time spent
73 days
The Birds, the Bees, and the Elephant in the Room by Rachel Coler Mulholland

The Birds, the Bees, and the Elephant in the Room

Rachel Coler Mulholland

The authors mrsbennefits spent the most time with in 2025

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2025's average rating was...

4.04

mrsbennefits sure knows how to pick them!

2025 5reads

How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) by Jessica McCabe
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
The Birds, the Bees, and the Elephant in the Room by Rachel Coler Mulholland
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why D by Maya Angelou
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
The Lost Sons of Omaha by Joe Sexton
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
Diaries of War: Two Visual Accounts from Ukraine and Russia by Nora Krug
Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President by Bandy X. Lee
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live by Rob Dunn
Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations by Alton Brown
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Bootstrapped by Alissa Quart
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Outsider by Stephen King
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing by Katherine Dunn
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Holly by Stephen King
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
Shrill by Lindy West
Never Flinch by Stephen King
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women by Marianne Monson
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries by Greg Melville
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History by Sharon McMahon
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age by Julie Bogart
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids by Thomas C. Foster
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte
Uncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide
The Secrets of Astrology: A Complete guide to Sun signs, planets, houses, and more by Carole Taylor (Astrologer)
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
Lessons on Expulsion by Erika L. Sánchez
Escargot by Dashka Slater

mrsbennefits's 2025 ratings

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Some months were better than others...

September

Highest average rating
4.43

Turns out February wasn't mrsbennefits's favorite month, with an average rating of 3.61.

January

Most pages read
3117 pages

Other StoryGraph users and mrsbennefits's 2025 reads

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

Most shelved
599,438 users
mrsbennefits's rating: 5.0
Pure Nostalgia: Memories of Early Iowa by Carl Hamilton

Pure Nostalgia: Memories of Early Iowa

Carl Hamilton

Least shelved
2 users
mrsbennefits's rating: 4.0
The Secrets of Astrology: A Complete guide to Sun signs, planets, houses, and more by Carole Taylor (Astrologer)

The Secrets of Astrology: A Complete guide to Sun signs, planets, houses, and more

Carole Taylor (Astrologer)

Highest rated
5.0
mrsbennefits's rating: 5.0

mrsbennefits explored the works of 185 new authors, including Anand Giridharadas, Alexandra Petri, and Matthew Desmond!

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

25 of the books mrsbennefits read were part of a series.

It was only new stories and ideas for mrsbennefits this year. No rereads!

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad
Cinnamon by V.C. Andrews

mrsbennefits decided not to finish 14 of the books she picked up this year.

mrsbennefits read 50 books from her own shelves this year!

The Secrets of Astrology: A Complete guide to Sun signs, planets, houses, and more by Carole Taylor (Astrologer)

🎉mrsbennefits successfully completed 8 reading challenges!🎉

Plus

Compared to 2024...

Number of books

Increased by 773%

Number of pages

Increased by 300%

Number of hours

Increased by 11934%

mrsbennefits's mood map compared to her friends...

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mrsbennefits's personal 2025 reading experience

Charts generated from mrsbennefits's reviews

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Components of mrsbennefits's highest-rated reads

Moods: funny, informative, inspiring

Pace: fast

Book type: nonfiction

Genres: Food and Drink, Reference, Travel

Story style: character-driven

Characters: loveable, diverse, well-developed

2025 at a glance

Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You! by Sasha Hamdani
How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) by Jessica McCabe
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with Adhd, Anxiety, and More: What Parents and Teachers Really Need to Know to Empower Complicated Kids with Confidence and Calm by Elaine Taylor-Klaus
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
The Birds, the Bees, and the Elephant in the Room by Rachel Coler Mulholland
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
The Wiccan Book of Shadows: A Magical Guide to Personalizing Your Own Spells and Rituals by Ambrosia Hawthorn
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Pure Nostalgia: Memories of Early Iowa by Carl Hamilton
Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo
Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why D by Maya Angelou
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
The Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo
Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs
Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su
The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday
Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It by Jessie Daniels
Games Criminals Play: How You Can Profit by Knowing Them by Bud Allen
Stone Maidens by Lloyd Devereux Richards
Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri
The Lost Sons of Omaha by Joe Sexton
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Trans and Disabled: An Anthology of Identities and Experiences by Alex Iantaffi
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Beholder by Ryan La Sala
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics by Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley
Do Walk: Navigate Earth, Mind and Body. Step by Step. by Libby DeLana
Tracks by Louise Erdrich
The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World by Dave Zirin
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Diaries of War: Two Visual Accounts from Ukraine and Russia by Nora Krug
Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez
Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad
The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America by Sarah Kendzior
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
Story Proof: The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story by Kendall Haven
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President by Bandy X. Lee
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
I Never Thought of It That Way by Monica Guzmán
Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live by Rob Dunn
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller
Erasing History by Jason Stanley
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations by Alton Brown
Fierce Reads: Kisses and Curses by Lindsay Smith, Marissa Meyer, Katie Finn, Lish McBride, Gennifer Albin, Marie Rutkoski, Jessica Brody, Ann Aguirre, Caragh M. O'Brien, Leigh Bardugo, Anna Banks, Jennifer Mathieu, Lauren Burniac, Emmy Laybourne, Nikki Kelly
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
Code Red: Know Your Flow, Unlock Your Monthly Super Powers and Create a Bloody Amazing Life. Period. by Lisa Lister
Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields
Revival by Stephen King
Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood
All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work by Hayley Campbell
Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life by Heather E. Heying, Bret Weinstein
Bootstrapped by Alissa Quart
American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress by Wesley Lowery
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life by Laura Markham
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara Ehrenreich
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future by Jean M. Twenge
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum
Rage by Stephen King, Richard Bachman
Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World by David Moinina Sengeh
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me about Caring for the Living by Robert A. Jensen
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Leigh Blum
The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Wolraich
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
This Savage Song by V.E. Schwab
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Anika Aldamuy Denise
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt
Wicked Women: Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West by Chris Enss
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara Butcher
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Outsider by Stephen King
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing by Katherine Dunn
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
Holly by Stephen King
Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Shrill by Lindy West
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Turn This World Inside Out: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture by Nora Samaran
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones
Night Shift by Stephen King
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
Under the Dome by Stephen King
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
Never Flinch by Stephen King
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy
New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story by Winifred Gallagher
Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women by Marianne Monson
Quit Smoking for Life: A Simple, Proven 5-Step Plan by Suzanne Schlosberg
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Tal Lavin
Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death by Madison Reyes, Spencer Henry
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries by Greg Melville
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History by Sharon McMahon
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger
Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages by Gaston Dorren
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age by Julie Bogart
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids by Thomas C. Foster
A People's History of the United States: Highlights from the 20th Century by Howard Zinn
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive by Rainesford Stauffer
Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools by Mary Annette Pember
The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People by Shahida Arabi
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte
A Pity Party Is Still a Party: A Feel-Good Guide to Feeling Bad by Chelsea Harvey Garner
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
Uncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide
Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust by Adam Kahane
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
Educated by Tara Westover
Witches, Midwives, & Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Deirdre English, Barbara Ehrenreich
Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy
Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings by Sonia Guiñansaca, Reyna Grande
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte
The Secrets of Astrology: A Complete guide to Sun signs, planets, houses, and more by Carole Taylor (Astrologer)
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown
Wild Things by Sally Rippin
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough by Michael Easter
Abundance by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die by Messie Condo
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love--Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits by Judson Brewer
The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry by Maria Popova
Lessons on Expulsion by Erika L. Sánchez
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
Escargot by Dashka Slater

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