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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

431 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction gender memoir religion emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Yes Please

Amy Poehler

329 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Wild

Cheryl Strayed

315 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom

241 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction autobiography history emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain

333 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction business economics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

498 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

257 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0sk_ellzey's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced