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Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone

Richard Lloyd Parry

276 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
nonfiction history informative reflective sad slow-paced
Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement by Peter Singer

Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement

Peter Singer

354 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
nonfiction philosophy reflective sad medium-paced
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

332 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
nonfiction race true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan

Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Carl Sagan

271 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

226 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
fiction contemporary crime thriller dark tense fast-paced
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon

649 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
nonfiction biography feminism historical history challenging informative fast-paced
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

Six of Crows #1

Leigh Bardugo

465 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Madeline Ashby, Kirsten Berg, Charlie Jane Anders

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow

Madeline Ashby, Kirsten Berg, Charlie Jane Anders

245 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
The Stonewall Reader by New York Public Library

The Stonewall Reader

New York Public Library

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0fictionalalex's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring medium-paced