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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross

Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

Charles R. Cross

381 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
nonfiction biography music dark emotional informative medium-paced
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade by Ann Fessler

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade

Ann Fessler

354 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
nonfiction feminism history emotional reflective slow-paced
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks

Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women

Geraldine Brooks

272 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

When She Woke

Hillary Jordan

344 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
fiction dystopian science fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

People of the Book

Geraldine Brooks

372 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
fiction contemporary historical romance informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Mary Roach

348 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
nonfiction science funny informative fast-paced
Páradais by Fernanda Melchor

Páradais

Fernanda Melchor

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
fiction contemporary crime literary challenging dark tense fast-paced
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

288 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
nonfiction history sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0madmatilda's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced