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48 books

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney

356 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy

Swimming Home

Deborah Levy

157 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction contemporary literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Zong! by M. NourbeSe Philip

Zong!

Wesleyan Poetry

M. NourbeSe Philip

224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
nonfiction history poetry race challenging dark emotional slow-paced
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy

The Cost of Living

Living Autobiography #2

Deborah Levy

144 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

Maddie Mortimer

448 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

448 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

176 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector

81 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

307 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0yaelgelman's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced