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The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley

The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

Audrey Clare Farley

304 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective sad slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

325 pages • 2022 • 25 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice by Benjamin Gilmer

The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

Benjamin Gilmer

304 pages • 2022 • 6 editions

nonfiction biography true crime emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl

376 pages • 2021 • 38 editions

nonfiction memoir music funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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Nona the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

480 pages • 2022 • 29 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

The Matzah Ball

Jean Meltzer

416 pages • 2021 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases

Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

400 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

nonfiction history nature science emotional informative fast-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction by Dave Kindred

Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction

Dave Kindred

256 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The King Arthur Baking School: Lessons and Recipes for Every Baker by King Arthur Baking Company

The King Arthur Baking School: Lessons and Recipes for Every Baker

King Arthur Baking Company

416 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction cookbook informative lighthearted medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers

502 pages • 2018 • 68 editions

fiction literary emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review