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16 books

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

The Indian Lake Trilogy #1

Stephen Graham Jones

398 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Peter Paul Rubens: The Life of Achilles by Friso Lammertse, Alexander Vergara

Peter Paul Rubens: The Life of Achilles

Friso Lammertse, Alexander Vergara

151 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0asterius's review
nonfiction art education history
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Children of the Land

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
nonfiction memoir poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

The Magic Fish

Trung Le Nguyen

229 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello

Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays

Luigi Pirandello

224 pages • first pub 1921 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
fiction classics play challenging reflective slow-paced
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials #1-3

Philip Pullman

1102 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
fiction fantasy middle grade young adult adventurous dark reflective fast-paced
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

365 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0asterius's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced