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29 books

Mammoth by Chris Flynn

Mammoth

Chris Flynn

265 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction historical literary challenging funny reflective slow-paced
Brave by Rose McGowan

Brave

Rose McGowan

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz by Rena Kornreich Gelissen

Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz

Rena Kornreich Gelissen

288 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire by Bettany Hughes

Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire

Bettany Hughes

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

448 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner: A Memoir by Grace Tame

The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner: A Memoir

Grace Tame

330 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition) by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition)

Anthony Bourdain

312 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

Deborah Feldman

254 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective medium-paced
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

354 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0patrick2024's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced