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The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

The Inheritance of Loss

Kiran Desai

357 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Moon

Over the Moon #2

Margaret Wise Brown

32 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
fiction childrens classics lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Deborah Blum

336 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
nonfiction health history science true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

missing duration info • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
nonfiction health history science informative slow-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

Hark! A Vagrant

Hark! A Vagrant #1

Kate Beaton

166 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
fiction comics history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Indian Stereotypes in TV Science Fiction: First Nations' Voices Speak Out by Sierra S. Adare, Sierra Adare

Indian Stereotypes in TV Science Fiction: First Nations' Voices Speak Out

Sierra S. Adare, Sierra Adare

160 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield

The Making of Star Trek

Stephen E. Whitfield

414 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
nonfiction informative medium-paced
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

When Will There Be Good News?

Jackson Brodie #3

Kate Atkinson

400 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges

Calling Dr. Laura

Nicole J. Georges

260 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jarrahpenguin's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced