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17 books

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

290 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Anne Fadiman

368 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
nonfiction health science challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #1

TJ Klune

398 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

430 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kdonegan's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced