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361 books

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Hell Bent

Alex Stern #2

Leigh Bardugo

481 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction fantasy thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country by Elena Kostyuchenko

I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country

Elena Kostyuchenko

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction essays politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Belittled Women by Amanda Sellet

Belittled Women

Amanda Sellet

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State
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Nadia Murad

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-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)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction race true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre by Natasha Lester

The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre

Natasha Lester

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
fiction historical emotional tense medium-paced
60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s by Rob Harvilla

60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s

Rob Harvilla

269 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction music funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Jonathan Freedland

376 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery by Bill Clegg

Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery

Bill Clegg

194 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0daralexandria's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced