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35 books

The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh

The Magical Language of Others

E.J. Koh

203 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer

We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

Jonathan Safran Foer

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Confidence by Rafael Frumkin

Confidence

Rafael Frumkin

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark tense medium-paced
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara Kingsolver

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara Kingsolver

384 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction memoir reflective fast-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

291 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

Lauren Fleshman

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction memoir sports challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones

White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity

Robert P. Jones

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage by Pauli Murray

Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage

Pauli Murray

624 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction feminism history memoir informative reflective slow-paced
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon

Rosa Brooks

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn

Conversations on Love

Natasha Lunn

296 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction essays emotional reflective medium-paced