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theayeaye Host

16 participants (110 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

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History, memoirs, essays and academic texts — let's understand our world and times a little better. 

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Amity and Prosperity: A Story of Energy in Two American Towns by Eliza Griswold

Amity and Prosperity: A Story of Energy in Two American Towns

Eliza Griswold

320 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective sad medium-paced
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

John Cleese

112 pages • 2020 • 11 editions

nonfiction essays self help funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Letter to the Father/Brief an Den Vater: Bilingual Edition by Franz Kafka

Letter to the Father/Brief an Den Vater: Bilingual Edition

Franz Kafka

144 pages • 1952 • 150 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

256 pages • 2018 • 29 editions

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt

142 pages • 2020 • 13 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life by Heather Havrilesky

How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life

Heather Havrilesky

272 pages • 2016 • 7 editions

nonfiction essays self help inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees by Matthieu Aikins

The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

Matthieu Aikins

352 pages • 2022 • 14 editions

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Catherine Gildiner

368 pages • 2019 • 16 editions

nonfiction psychology challenging emotional sad medium-paced
The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions by Peter Brannen

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

Peter Brannen

336 pages • 2017 • 15 editions

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts

Julian Rubinstein

352 pages • 2004 • 12 editions

nonfiction biography history true crime funny informative medium-paced