bookmaddie's 5 starstar iconreads

274 books

First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

First Love: Essays on Friendship

Lilly Dancyger

5 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction biography essays memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

560 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

385 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

16 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

430 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan

Brotherless Night

V.V. Ganeshananthan

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki

Talk to My Back

Yamada Murasaki

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction manga emotional reflective medium-paced
After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell

After You'd Gone

Maggie O'Farrell

384 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress

Sirens & Muses

Antonia Angress

349 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced