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193 books

There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All the President's Men by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

All the President's Men

Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

480 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

340 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

You Think It, I'll Say It

Curtis Sittenfeld

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

Yrsa Daley-Ward

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0francesmthompson's review
nonfiction feminism health self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced