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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

290 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz

The Impossible Us

Sarah Lotz

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary romance speculative fiction emotional funny medium-paced
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

150 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You

Me Before You #1

Jojo Moyes

481 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Cantoras by Caro De Robertis

Cantoras

Caro De Robertis

317 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Personals: Dreams and Nightmares from the Lives of 20 Young Writers by Caitlin O'Connor Creevy, K.K. Wootton, Thomas Beller

Personals: Dreams and Nightmares from the Lives of 20 Young Writers

Caitlin O'Connor Creevy, K.K. Wootton, Thomas Beller

284 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
informative reflective medium-paced
Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up by Xiaolu Guo

Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up

Xiaolu Guo

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project

Don Tillman #1

Graeme Simsion

295 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review
fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides under China's Global Rise by Monica Liu

Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides under China's Global Rise

Monica Liu

258 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0thegrandnarrative's review