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How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

1 hour, 8 minutes • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

240 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations by Jonny Sun

Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations

Jonny Sun

233 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
nonfiction essays emotional reflective slow-paced
Believe by Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Believe

Leigh-Anne Pinnock

339 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

6 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

16 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

Out of Love

Hazel Hayes

230 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
fiction contemporary emotional sad slow-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

7 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0veskumelooni's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced