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Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok

Mambo in Chinatown

Jean Kwok

384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
Am I There Yet?: The Loop-De-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew

Am I There Yet?: The Loop-De-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood

Mari Andrew

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
nonfiction art memoir lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

338 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Carlos Fuentes, Frida Kahlo

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

Carlos Fuentes, Frida Kahlo

295 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
nonfiction art biography memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

12 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

Stephanie Land

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff by Abbi Jacobson

I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff

Abbi Jacobson

313 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave

Eight Hundred Grapes

Laura Dave

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
fiction contemporary romance lighthearted medium-paced
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

630 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0painausten's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced