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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

318 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
傷心咖啡店之歌 by 朱少麟

傷心咖啡店之歌

朱少麟

404 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction philosophy informative inspiring medium-paced
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone #1

Lori Gottlieb

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
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James Clear

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

James Clear

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

4 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang, Qian Julie Wang

Beautiful Country: A Memoir

Qian Julie Wang, Qian Julie Wang

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

768 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari

348 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced