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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home by Lauren Kessler

Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home

Lauren Kessler

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
nonfiction biography short stories dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Khirbet Khizeh by S. Yizhar

Khirbet Khizeh

S. Yizhar

144 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

Suicide Notes

Suicide Notes #1

Michael Thomas Ford

295 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult dark medium-paced
The Lover: A Novel by Rebecca Sacks

The Lover: A Novel

Rebecca Sacks

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction literary romance challenging emotional sad medium-paced
A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

A Woman of Pleasure

Kiyoko Murata

309 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

The River We Remember

William Kent Krueger

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Difficult Women

Roxane Gay

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

342 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

304 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

5.0joann_l's review
fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced