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94 books

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Miracle Creek

Angie Kim

355 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

338 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

御手洗潔 #1

Sōji Shimada

320 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee

The Making of Asian America: A History

Erika Lee

528 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

292 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

David Mitchell

492 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction historical literary adventurous challenging slow-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)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Murder in the Crooked House by Sōji Shimada

Murder in the Crooked House

Sōji Shimada

320 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction crime mystery thriller mysterious slow-paced