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Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

Dolly Alderton

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

304 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

The Woman Destroyed

Simone de Beauvoir

256 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
fiction literary short stories reflective slow-paced
Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

Love, Loss and What I Wore

Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

51 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
fiction play funny reflective fast-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

394 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Acts of Aggression: Policing Rogue States by Noam Chomsky

Acts of Aggression: Policing Rogue States

Noam Chomsky

64 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

289 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0rissaur's review
fiction contemporary literary dark reflective slow-paced