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It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

Anne de Marcken

132 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
fiction literary magical realism dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü

Cold Nights of Childhood

Tezer Özlü

111 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

89 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Notes on Grief

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

67 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

319 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Death in Her Hands

Ottessa Moshfegh

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
fiction literary mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Le Petit Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

93 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

188 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
fiction dystopian literary speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0backtoearths's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced