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Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0yvespiders's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0yvespiders's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

176 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0yvespiders's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

619 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0yvespiders's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

288 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0yvespiders's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Scent & Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume by Barbara Herman

Scent & Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume

Barbara Herman

281 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0yvespiders's review
nonfiction history informative 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)

5.0yvespiders's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced