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113 books

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story

Emily Henry

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson

Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

Gretchen Sisson

271 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
nonfiction feminism gender politics sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
I Would Meet You Anywhere by Susan Kiyo Ito

I Would Meet You Anywhere

Susan Kiyo Ito

248 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0jess_brooks's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be by Shannon Gibney

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be

Shannon Gibney

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
memoir speculative fiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition by Alan J. Dettlaff

Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition

Alan J. Dettlaff

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
nonfiction history race
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker

You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption

Angela Tucker

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
nonfiction autobiography race sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

411 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

Jade Legacy

The Green Bone Saga #3

Fonda Lee

28 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jess_brooks's review
nonfiction race sociology true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced