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58 books

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

The Comfort Book

Matt Haig

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
nonfiction philosophy self help hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop by Dan Charnas
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
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Dan Charnas

The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

Dan Charnas

672 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
nonfiction history music informative reflective slow-paced
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Woman in Me

Britney Spears

277 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku

The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

Eddie Jaku

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
nonfiction autobiography history inspiring reflective medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

3 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 1945 (editions) user-added

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fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
The Great Gatsby by Sean Connolly, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Sean Connolly, F. Scott Fitzgerald

64 pages • first pub 1925 (editions) user-added

5.0jennifergallo's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

192 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

Wrong Place Wrong Time

Gillian McAllister

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jennifergallo's review
fiction speculative fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced