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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0da_bos's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

Fellow Travelers

Thomas Mallon

353 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

4.0da_bos's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks

From Strength to Strength

Arthur C. Brooks

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.0da_bos's review
nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London by Claire Harman

Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London

Claire Harman

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.0da_bos's review
nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious slow-paced
Hugs and Cuddles by João Gilberto Noll

Hugs and Cuddles

João Gilberto Noll

240 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

3.0da_bos's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen

Things We Lost to the Water

Eric Nguyen

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0da_bos's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes by Cody Cassidy

How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

Cody Cassidy

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0da_bos's review
nonfiction history funny informative fast-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

640 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

2.0da_bos's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future by James Shapiro

Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future

James Shapiro

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.0da_bos's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0da_bos's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced