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142 books

The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell

The Hand That First Held Mine

Maggie O'Farrell

374 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent

Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival

Alice Vincent

286 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction feminism nature hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Burial Rites

Hannah Kent

355 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy

The Cost of Living

Living Autobiography #2

Deborah Levy

187 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction feminism memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Love & Vermin by Will McPhail

Love & Vermin

Will McPhail

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction comics funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
A Helping Hand by Celia Dale

A Helping Hand

Celia Dale

260 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction horror mystery dark sad medium-paced
Three Rooms by Jo Hamya

Three Rooms

Jo Hamya

200 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

464 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction feminism health history funny informative medium-paced
In: A Graphic Novel by Will McPhail

In: A Graphic Novel

Will McPhail

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary graphic novel emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story by Chanel Miller

Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story

Chanel Miller

365 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced