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11 books

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

Motherthing

Ainslie Hogarth

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction horror dark funny tense medium-paced
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

146 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

105 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

The Saturday Night Ghost Club

Craig Davidson

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction horror mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

213 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0akbillingsley's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced