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Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova

Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

Lisa Genova

264 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction psychology informative medium-paced
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

Amy Bloom

4 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears by Farah Stockman

American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears

Farah Stockman

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction economics politics informative reflective medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

228 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
After the Fire by Will Hill

After the Fire

Will Hill

464 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
fiction contemporary young adult dark fast-paced
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

All the Living and the Dead

Hayley Campbell

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan

The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

Laura Kaplan

318 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction feminism history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

332 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction race true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

Anton Treuer

184 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction essays history informative reflective slow-paced
You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between by Daniela Lamas

You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between

Daniela Lamas

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alyssamandy's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative fast-paced