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16 books

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

Michele Harper

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0emmabg's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0emmabg's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

Jon Ronson

275 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0emmabg's review
nonfiction psychology science sociology dark funny informative fast-paced
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live by Daniel Klein

Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live

Daniel Klein

210 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0emmabg's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging funny reflective slow-paced
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

303 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0emmabg's review
nonfiction essays feminism challenging reflective medium-paced
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

256 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0emmabg's review
nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced