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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth

9 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
nonfiction business psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

Jeff Hobbs

13 hours • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
nonfiction biography race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

329 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

Kao Kalia Yang

9 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang

The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father

Kao Kalia Yang

8 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia

Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story

Jacob Tobia

330 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging funny reflective medium-paced
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

The Alice Network

Kate Quinn

503 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen

Harry's Trees

Jon Cohen

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
fiction contemporary fantasy magical realism adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #1

Natasha Pulley

440 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0mscottyj's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced