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25 books

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

360 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
nonfiction health science informative medium-paced
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 by Michihiko Hachiya

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

Michihiko Hachiya

266 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

485 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

5 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative slow-paced
History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving by Deborah E. Lipstadt

History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving

Deborah E. Lipstadt

368 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
nonfiction history memoir reflective slow-paced
Crossroads by Laurel Hightower

Crossroads

Laurel Hightower

110 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
fiction horror dark emotional slow-paced
We Spread by Iain Reid

We Spread

Iain Reid

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

A Kind of Spark

A Kind of Spark #1

Elle McNicoll

4 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Spy x Family, Vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, Vol. 1

SPY×FAMILY #1

Tatsuya Endo

215 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
fiction manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
It's Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan

It's Not About the Burqa

Mariam Khan

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0svjak's review
nonfiction essays feminism race religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced