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21 books

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

Suleika Jaouad

13 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
nonfiction memoir travel emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

Silver Under Nightfall

Silver Under Nightfall #1

Rin Chupeco

512 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

218 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
nonfiction history memoir politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

8 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life by Mallory Smith

Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life

Mallory Smith

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

14 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune

14 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0smiley_ari's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

The Magician's Nephew

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #1

C.S. Lewis

219 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced