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An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination by Cecilia Kang, Sheera Frenkel

An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination

Cecilia Kang, Sheera Frenkel

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction computer science technology informative medium-paced
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why by Amanda Ripley

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why

Amanda Ripley

266 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

4.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction psychology science informative reflective medium-paced
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

Hey, Kiddo #1

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

Therese Oneill

298 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

3.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction feminism history funny informative fast-paced
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

My Friend Dahmer

Derf Backderf

221 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

4.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction biography graphic novel true crime dark slow-paced
No One Cares about Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America by Ron Powers

No One Cares about Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America

Ron Powers

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Cursed Objects: Strange But True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items by J.W. Ocker

Cursed Objects: Strange But True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

J.W. Ocker

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction horror mystery adventurous dark funny fast-paced
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction biography health history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0ajsterkel's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced