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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

Simu Liu

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

404 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

6 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

301 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction business health true crime informative tense medium-paced
What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

What We Fed to the Manticore

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

4 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Maame by Jessica George

Maame

Jessica George

442 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

All This Could Be Different

Sarah Thankam Mathews

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

White Tears/Brown Scars

Ruby Hamad

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

River Sing Me Home

Eleanor Shearer

322 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction historical literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

Ernest Cunningham #1

Benjamin Stevenson

9 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction crime mystery dark funny mysterious medium-paced