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Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

Five Tuesdays in Winter

Lily King

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer

400 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
nonfiction history religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
All Adults Here by Emma Straub

All Adults Here

Emma Straub

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Idiot

The Idiot #1

Elif Batuman

423 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
fiction literary funny reflective slow-paced
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Elif Shafak

312 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina García

256 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alexandras_reads's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced