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The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi: Detective Stories of Old Edo by Kidō Okamoto, Ian M. MacDonald

The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi: Detective Stories of Old Edo

Kidō Okamoto, Ian M. MacDonald

335 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

The Woman in the Purple Skirt

Natsuko Imamura

216 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

3.0jbright's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0jbright's review
fiction contemporary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

160 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

4.0jbright's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan

The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Hugh Ryan

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics sociology challenging informative sad medium-paced
Look Back and Laugh by Liz Prince

Look Back and Laugh

Liz Prince

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction comics memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
Dispatch: Poems by Cameron Awkward-Rich

Dispatch: Poems

Cameron Awkward-Rich

80 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.5jbright's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata

192 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

4.0jbright's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

448 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

3.5jbright's review
fiction classics historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

All This Could Be Different

Sarah Thankam Mathews

312 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.75jbright's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced