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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial

Viet Thanh Nguyen

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny slow-paced
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

270 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction essays nature hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

16 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf

Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World

Maryanne Wolf

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction education psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

7 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

302 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction essays emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger

While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

Meg Kissinger

11 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr

Lit: A Memoir

Mary Karr

13 hours • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Brutalities: A Love Story by Margo Steines

Brutalities: A Love Story

Margo Steines

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced