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A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival by Gulchehra Hoja

A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival

Gulchehra Hoja

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
fiction crime thriller adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro

Ordinary Monsters

The Talents Trilogy #1

J.M. Miro

660 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Surveillance State: China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control by Josh Chin, Liza Lin

Surveillance State: China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control

Josh Chin, Liza Lin

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction politics technology challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

The Burning God

The Poppy War #3

R.F. Kuang

622 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

Peach Blossom Spring

Melissa Fu

387 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

391 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Chief Witness: escape from China’s modern-day concentration camps by Sayragul Sauytbay

The Chief Witness: escape from China’s modern-day concentration camps

Sayragul Sauytbay

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional informative medium-paced
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

R.F. Kuang

658 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back by Evan Fowler, Nathan Law

Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back

Evan Fowler, Nathan Law

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0rstock's review
nonfiction autobiography sociology dark emotional reflective medium-paced