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Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

Come & Get It

Kiley Reid

386 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Seed to Dust by Marc Hamer

Seed to Dust

Marc Hamer

9 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir
Can Buddhists Wear Mascara? (and Other Things I've Googled) by Jenny Noble Anderson

Can Buddhists Wear Mascara? (and Other Things I've Googled)

Jenny Noble Anderson

98 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction poetry
My Withered Legs and Other Essays by Sandra Gail Lambert
My Withered Legs and Other Essays
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Sandra Gail Lambert

My Withered Legs and Other Essays

Sandra Gail Lambert

141 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction essays
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti

How Should a Person Be?

Sheila Heti

306 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
fiction contemporary funny reflective medium-paced
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass

The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

Donald Maass

7 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions by Penny Guisinger

Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions

Penny Guisinger

190 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse by Brontez Purnell

Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

Brontez Purnell

144 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel by Lisa Cron

Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel

Lisa Cron

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction reference self help informative slow-paced
A Well Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings

A Well Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

10 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0melissagopp's review
nonfiction memoir religion challenging dark emotional medium-paced