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The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
Melissa Febos
★★★★· Published 2025· 276 pages· read 2025
Melissa Febos spends a year celibate and figures out who she is on her own. Smart and searching.
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Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life
Melissa Febos
Febos's memoir of her years as a dominatrix while battling addiction. Unflinching and beautifully written.
Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
Amber Scorah
A Jehovah's Witness missionary in China slowly loses her faith — and her entire world. A gripping memoir about what it costs to leave.
★ 5I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
Mary Laura Philpott
Philpott's essays on the quiet crisis of a life that looks perfect on paper. Funny, honest, and comforting.