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The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

386 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Iliad by Barbara Graziosi, Homer, Anthony Verity

The Iliad

Barbara Graziosi, Homer, Anthony Verity

470 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Arthur Peace

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Arthur Peace

537 pages • first pub 1866 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction classics crime literary dark reflective tense slow-paced
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Disorientation

Elaine Hsieh Chou

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective medium-paced
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Final Empire

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

669 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik

466 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

David Attenborough

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction memoir nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert

Under a White Sky

Elizabeth Kolbert

234 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction nature science challenging informative slow-paced
Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir

Elizabeth Miki Brina

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced