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320 books

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Summer Bird Blue

Akemi Dawn Bowman

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective sad slow-paced

373 pages | first published 2018

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt

nonfiction mystery true crime dark informative medium-paced

388 pages | first published 1994

Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brown

Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia

Harriet Brown

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional slow-paced

288 pages | first published 2010

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

Liz Murray

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

341 pages | first published 2010

Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Three Little Words

Ashley Rhodes-Courter

nonfiction biography memoir emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

304 pages | first published 2008

The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal by Lily Koppel

The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal

Lily Koppel

nonfiction biography history memoir lighthearted reflective slow-paced

320 pages | first published 2008

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook by Ben Mezrich

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook

Ben Mezrich

nonfiction biography business history informative reflective tense fast-paced

272 pages | first published 2009

Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson

Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father

John Matteson

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

497 pages | first published 2007

Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak

Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her

Melanie Rehak

nonfiction biography history informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

missing duration info | first published 2005

Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger

Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century

Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger

nonfiction biography history reflective medium-paced

500 pages | first published 2009