Please no recommendations including well know reads such as Glass Castle, or Educated. Both wonderful books that I've read. Looking for the hidden gems!
I liked the elephant whisperer by Lawrence Anthony!
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*Horizon* by Barry LopezÂ
*How far the light reaches* by Sabrina ImblerÂ
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*Ray Parkin’s Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom*Â by Ray Parkin, Chief Petty Officer, Royal Australian Navy.
*The Battle for Burma: The Wild Green Earth*Â by BG Bernard Fergusson KT, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE, 16th Infantry Brigade (Chindit).
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*How Far The Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures* by Sabrina Imbler
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Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown.
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I hope this fits: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. It’s about his time as a child soldier.
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*Red China Blues* by Jan Wong.
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Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson
Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo
On the Move by Oliver Sacks
Insomniac City by Bill Hayes
Sipping Dom Perignon Through a Straw by Eddie Ndopu
Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Half a Life by Darin Strauss
Miss Major Speaks by Toshiba Meronek and Miss Major
Old in Art School by Nell Painter
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the chronology of water – lidia yuknavitch
the mango tree – annabelle tometich
slow noodles – chantha nguon
solito – javier zamora
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Harpo Speaks, by Harpo Marx
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*Three Pianos* by Andrew McMahonÂ
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Little and Often by Trent Preszler
Beautiful prose, heartbreaking but beautiful story. I recommend this book at every turn and I don’t know if anyone else actually reads it. But 5/5 from me.
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Every Secret Thing by Patty Hearst, about her kidnapping, recovery and court from “helping” the SLA. Crazy story that has fallen off the pop culture radar.
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A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
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The Widows Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite
I’ve Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence and Dolly Parton by Lynn Melnick
Lit by Mary Karr (not as famous as The Liar’s Club)
The Tender Bar by J. R. Mothering
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Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew.
October Sky by Homer Hickham.
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I liked the elephant whisperer by Lawrence Anthony!
*Horizon* by Barry LopezÂ
*How far the light reaches* by Sabrina ImblerÂ
*Ray Parkin’s Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom*Â by Ray Parkin, Chief Petty Officer, Royal Australian Navy.
*The Battle for Burma: The Wild Green Earth*Â by BG Bernard Fergusson KT, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE, 16th Infantry Brigade (Chindit).
*How Far The Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures* by Sabrina Imbler
Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown.
I hope this fits: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. It’s about his time as a child soldier.
*Red China Blues* by Jan Wong.
Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson
Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo
On the Move by Oliver Sacks
Insomniac City by Bill Hayes
Sipping Dom Perignon Through a Straw by Eddie Ndopu
Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Half a Life by Darin Strauss
Miss Major Speaks by Toshiba Meronek and Miss Major
Old in Art School by Nell Painter
the chronology of water – lidia yuknavitch
the mango tree – annabelle tometich
slow noodles – chantha nguon
solito – javier zamora
Harpo Speaks, by Harpo Marx
*Three Pianos* by Andrew McMahonÂ
Little and Often by Trent Preszler
Beautiful prose, heartbreaking but beautiful story. I recommend this book at every turn and I don’t know if anyone else actually reads it. But 5/5 from me.
Every Secret Thing by Patty Hearst, about her kidnapping, recovery and court from “helping” the SLA. Crazy story that has fallen off the pop culture radar.
A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
The Widows Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite
I’ve Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence and Dolly Parton by Lynn Melnick
Lit by Mary Karr (not as famous as The Liar’s Club)
The Tender Bar by J. R. Mothering
Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew.
October Sky by Homer Hickham.
I am not myself these days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
What does “underrated” mean?