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The Best American Food Writing 2020 by Silvia Killingsworth, J. Kenji López-Alt

The Best American Food Writing 2020

The Best American Food Writing #2020

Silvia Killingsworth, J. Kenji López-Alt

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
nonfiction essays food and drink informative reflective medium-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Scandalized by Ivy Owens

Scandalized

Ivy Owens

311 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction literary young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Great Circle

Maggie Shipstead

593 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Option: One Woman's Journey into Everyday Antiracism by Jenny Booth Potter

Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Option: One Woman's Journey into Everyday Antiracism

Jenny Booth Potter

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
nonfiction race sociology
Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Something Wilder

Christina Lauren

376 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction contemporary romance adventurous medium-paced
Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean

Heartbreaker

Hell's Belles #2

Sarah MacLean

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction historical romance adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

8 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

The Echo Wife

Sarah Gailey

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced