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37 books

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Eat a Peach by Gabe Ulla, David Chang

Eat a Peach

Gabe Ulla, David Chang

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power

The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir

Samantha Power

592 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Petit pays by Gaël Faye

Petit pays

Gaël Faye

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

303 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures): True Stories from a War Zone by Heidi Postlewait, Andrew Thomson, Kenneth Cain

Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures): True Stories from a War Zone

Heidi Postlewait, Andrew Thomson, Kenneth Cain

352 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative medium-paced
Conundrum by Jan Morris

Conundrum

Jan Morris

174 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas

Funny in Farsi

Funny in Farsi #1

Firoozeh Dumas

198 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction biography memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Chasing Chaos: My Decade in and Out of Humanitarian Aid by Jessica Alexander

Chasing Chaos: My Decade in and Out of Humanitarian Aid

Jessica Alexander

386 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction memoir travel reflective slow-paced
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town

Barbara Demick

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0teacim's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced