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Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin

Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America

Nefertiti Austin

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

300 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
nonfiction essays memoir nature emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox

Desperate Characters

Paula Fox

192 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
fiction classics literary reflective tense slow-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

David Quammen

587 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Molly Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

Molly Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall

6 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann

442 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
fiction classics contemporary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

443 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon

The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

James Fallon

246 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
nonfiction psychology science informative slow-paced
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life by Annie Grace

This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life

Annie Grace

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0phoenix13's review
nonfiction health psychology self help informative slow-paced