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247 books

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Hello Beautiful

Ann Napolitano

383 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Above Ground by Clint Smith

Above Ground

Clint Smith

107 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

I Have Some Questions for You

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Aubrey Gordon

228 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
nonfiction essays health challenging informative medium-paced
Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Love in the Library

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

40 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
fiction childrens historical emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

Amy Bloom

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals by Erica Buist

This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals

Erica Buist

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0afbaird's review
nonfiction memoir sociology emotional reflective medium-paced