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16 books

The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice by Dan Slepian

The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice

Dan Slepian

224 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction crime sociology true crime medium-paced
100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater by Sarah Ruhl

100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

Sarah Ruhl

218 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

Rebecca Nagle

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history race true crime emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir by Beth Nguyen

Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir

Beth Nguyen

237 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (but Were Never Told) by Karen Tang

It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (but Were Never Told)

Karen Tang

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health challenging informative medium-paced
Alternate Endings by Ali Rosen

Alternate Endings

Ali Rosen

372 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Four Reincarnations: Poems by Max Ritvo

Four Reincarnations: Poems

Max Ritvo

96 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

contemporary poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams

Erosion: Essays of Undoing

Terry Tempest Williams

318 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced