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21 books

Stay True by Hua Hsu

Stay True

Hua Hsu

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

Tahir Hamut Izgil

271 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir race religion informative sad tense medium-paced
Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia

Mystery Lights

Lena Valencia

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror short stories
Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Bellies

Nicola Dinan

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Scythe

Arc of a Scythe #1

Neal Shusterman

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes

The Forbidden Notebook

Alba de Céspedes

259 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Burned

Burned #1

Ellen Hopkins

544 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry romance young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced
The Hop by Diana Clarke

The Hop

Diana Clarke

528 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional funny medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

216 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill

Lullabies for Little Criminals

Heather O'Neill

330 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced