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496 books

Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan

Saints for All Occasions

J. Courtney Sullivan

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

645 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction by Sumaya Awad, Brian Bean

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction

Sumaya Awad, Brian Bean

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
nonfiction essays history politics informative reflective medium-paced
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial

Viet Thanh Nguyen

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny slow-paced
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

399 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

If I Survive You

Jonathan Escoffery

260 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro

A Little Luck

Claudia Piñeiro

208 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
fiction contemporary crime literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

424 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alexkerner's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced