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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Modern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Essays

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

by Cathy Park Hong
2020 · 209 pages · Nonfiction
63 Modern ★ 4.18 on Goodreads · 45K ratings
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

NBCC Award (Memoir) winner (2020). 4.18★ from 45K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

63Must-Read Score
  • Critics55 out of 100 · counts 35%+22
  • Readers67 out of 100 · counts 50%+38
  • Buzz19 out of 100 · counts 15%+3

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True story, Thought-provoking

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