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Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places by Jeff Speck

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

Jeff Speck

312 pages • 2018 • 7 editions

nonfiction informative slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Black Klansman: A Memoir by Ron Stallworth

Black Klansman: A Memoir

Ron Stallworth

191 pages • 2014 • 16 editions

nonfiction memoir true crime informative reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten

One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America

Gene Weingarten

384 pages • 2019 • 5 editions

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

Julie Yip-Williams

336 pages • 2019 • 14 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3h 35m • 2015 • 43 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

254 pages • 2014 • 45 editions

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

453 pages • 1995 • 66 editions

nonfiction memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Ann Patchett

305 pages • 2011 • 18 editions

nonfiction essays memoir emotional medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout

A House in the Sky

Amanda Lindhout

373 pages • 2013 • 17 editions

nonfiction biography memoir travel challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • 2005 • 85 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 cook_memo...'s review