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18 books

On Being Ill by Virginia Woolf, Lieke Marsman, Nadia de Vries, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Audre Lorde, Deryn Rees-Jones, Mieke van Zonneveld, Sinéad Gleeson, Jameisha Prescod

On Being Ill

Virginia Woolf, Lieke Marsman, Nadia de Vries, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Audre Lorde, Deryn Rees-Jones, Mieke van Zonneveld, Sinéad Gleeson, Jameisha Prescod

172 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
nonfiction essays health memoir philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

372 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

239 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde

37 pages • first pub 1896 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
fiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

79 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

This is Going to Hurt

Adam Kay

279 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced
Wade in the Water: Poems by Tracy K. Smith

Wade in the Water: Poems

Tracy K. Smith

95 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
nonfiction contemporary poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Mercies

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional sad medium-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

626 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

Sixteen Souls

The Death Touched of York #1

Rosie Talbot

361 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0august_ambrosia's review
fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional fast-paced