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48 books

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Timothy Snyder

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love by Vienna Pharaon

The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love

Vienna Pharaon

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative medium-paced
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Toltec Wisdom

Don Miguel Ruiz

140 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction philosophy self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love by Amir Levine

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

Amir Levine

294 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

The Long Walk

Stephen King, Richard Bachman

320 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
fiction dystopian horror dark tense medium-paced
Найдовша подорож by Oksana Zabuzhko, Oksana Zabuzhko, Оксана Забужко

Найдовша подорож

Oksana Zabuzhko, Oksana Zabuzhko, Оксана Забужко

168 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0whoisolena's review
nonfiction essays history informative reflective medium-paced