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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.0pjraff's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce by Colm Tóibín

Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce

Colm Tóibín

185 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0pjraff's review
nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
Affinity by Sarah Waters

Affinity

Sarah Waters

352 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

3.75pjraff's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge #1

Elizabeth Strout

337 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

4.0pjraff's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Master by Colm Tóibín

The Master

Colm Tóibín

368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

O Caledonia

Elspeth Barker

224 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics literary thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

152 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

3.75pjraff's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0pjraff's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens

Briefly, A Delicious Life

Nell Stevens

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.5pjraff's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Magician by Colm Tóibín

The Magician

Colm Tóibín

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.75pjraff's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced