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Half of a Yellow Sun / Americanah / Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun / Americanah / Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

missing page info • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Soho by Richard Scott

Soho

Richard Scott

78 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Regeneration by Pat Barker

Regeneration

Regeneration #1

Pat Barker

252 pages • first pub 1991 (editions) user-added

5.0bookishl's review
fiction historical emotional informative slow-paced
The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night/ This Side of Paradise/The Beautiful and Damned/The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night/ This Side of Paradise/The Beautiful and Damned/The Last Tycoon

F. Scott Fitzgerald

863 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction reflective medium-paced
Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy

Rapture

Carol Ann Duffy

100 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction lgbtqia+ poetry romance emotional reflective slow-paced
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

Maggie O'Farrell

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

The Times I Knew I Was Gay

Eleanor Crewes

120 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction comics lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

629 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green

How to Make Friends with a Ghost

Rebecca Green

40 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction childrens funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced