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51 books

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction historical thriller emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama

223 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Firekeeper's Daughter #2

Angeline Boulley

11 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction mystery thriller young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Migrations

Charlotte McConaghy

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America by Donald W Burnes, Kevin F. Adler

When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America

Donald W Burnes, Kevin F. Adler

9 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0literarylaila's review
nonfiction politics sociology challenging hopeful informative slow-paced
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem, Nora Neus, Julie Robine

Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

Muhammad Najem, Nora Neus, Julie Robine

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
nonfiction biography memoir middle grade 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

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

11 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
nonfiction politics sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

What Strange Paradise

Omar El Akkad

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

5 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced