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Irisz: As Orquídeas by Tereza Bettinardi, Noemi Jaffe

Irisz: As Orquídeas

Tereza Bettinardi, Noemi Jaffe

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
contemporary short stories reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Swing Time

Zadie Smith

13 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Canibalia: Canibalismo, Calibanismo, Antropofagia Cultural Y Consumo En América Latina by Carlos A. Jáuregui
Canibalia: Canibalismo, Calibanismo, Antropofagia Cultural Y Consumo En América Latina
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Carlos A. Jáuregui

Canibalia: Canibalismo, Calibanismo, Antropofagia Cultural Y Consumo En América Latina

Carlos A. Jáuregui

724 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Marlena by Julie Buntin

Marlena

Julie Buntin

274 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft

Why Does He Do That?

Lundy Bancroft

432 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
nonfiction feminism psychology dark informative sad medium-paced
A Book of Migrations by Rebecca Solnit

A Book of Migrations

Rebecca Solnit

184 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
nonfiction essays travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk

House of Day, House of Night

Olga Tokarczuk

304 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
fiction magical realism challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
La verdad sobre el caso Savolta by Eduardo Mendoza

La verdad sobre el caso Savolta

Eduardo Mendoza

464 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
fiction classics mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
Nada by Carmen Laforet

Nada

Carmen Laforet

244 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

5.0catherineofalx's review
fiction classics dark mysterious medium-paced