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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling

342 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
nonfiction economics psychology science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

176 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan's #metoo Movement by Shiori Ito

Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan's #metoo Movement

Shiori Ito

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Det blåser på månen by Eric Linklater, Hugo Hultenberg, Katarina Strömgård

Det blåser på månen

Eric Linklater, Hugo Hultenberg, Katarina Strömgård

349 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous hopeful slow-paced
Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah

Untold Night and Day

Bae Suah

160 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

65 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Folk med ångest by Fredrik Backman

Folk med ångest

Fredrik Backman

346 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0zissio's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced