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In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown by Amy Gary

In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown

Amy Gary

7h 12m • 2017 • 8 editions

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton

269 pages • 2018 • 19 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly

Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery

Scott Kelly

387 pages • 2017 • 27 editions

nonfiction biography memoir science informative inspiring slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

Robert Kurson

384 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction history science adventurous emotional fast-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee

Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World

Mackenzi Lee

174 pages • 2018 • 14 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring fast-paced
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Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

368 pages • 2018 • 140 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

The Fifth Risk

Michael Lewis

221 pages • 2018 • 13 editions

nonfiction politics challenging informative slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol

No One Tells You This

Glynnis MacNicol

294 pages • 2018 • 5 editions

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nonfiction biography feminism memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

Jon Meacham

10h 55m • 2018 • 9 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery

How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

Sy Montgomery

208 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction essays memoir nature emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review