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The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

The Mountains Sing

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

342 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

Amanda Gorman

32 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
nonfiction poetry hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot #10

Agatha Christie

274 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Adunni #1

Abi Daré

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro

I Am a Girl from Africa

Elizabeth Nyamayaro

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions

Nervous Conditions #1

Tsitsi Dangarembga

204 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced