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249 books

Don't Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff

Don't Get Too Comfortable

David Rakoff

222 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #1

Frank McCourt

426 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
'Tis by Frank McCourt

'Tis

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #2

Frank McCourt

495 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid by J. Maarten Troost

Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid

J. Maarten Troost

382 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

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nonfiction travel adventurous funny informative medium-paced
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters

C.S. Lewis

209 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

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fiction classics religion challenging reflective medium-paced
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Terry Miller, Dan Savage

It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living

Terry Miller, Dan Savage

9 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

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nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ young adult reflective medium-paced
My Own Two Feet by Beverly Cleary

My Own Two Feet

Beverly Cleary Memoirs #2

Beverly Cleary

352 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

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nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

473 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine (A Memoir) by Wade Rouse

It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine (A Memoir)

Wade Rouse

304 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin

Thinking in Pictures

Temple Grandin

222 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

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nonfiction autobiography memoir psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced