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Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

Heaven

Mieko Kawakami

190 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

3.0polestick's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young by Kurt Vonnegut

If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

Kurt Vonnegut

3 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

4.25polestick's review
nonfiction essays funny reflective slow-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

2.75polestick's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

3.75polestick's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

64 pages • first pub 1892 (editions)

4.0polestick's review
fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0polestick's review
fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

306 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

4.5polestick's review
fiction classics science fiction dark funny fast-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

4.25polestick's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

166 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0polestick's review
nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
The Life of a Stupid Man by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

The Life of a Stupid Man

Penguin Little Black Classics #56

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

55 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

2.75polestick's review
fiction classics short stories dark reflective sad fast-paced