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276 books

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

The Whalebone Theatre

Joanna Quinn

576 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Gods of Tango by Caro De Robertis

The Gods of Tango

Caro De Robertis

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced
First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger

First Love: Essays on Friendship

Lilly Dancyger

5 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction biography essays memoir emotional reflective sad 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

560 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

385 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

16 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

430 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan

Brotherless Night

V.V. Ganeshananthan

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki

Talk to My Back

Yamada Murasaki

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction manga emotional reflective medium-paced
After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell

After You'd Gone

Maggie O'Farrell

384 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0bookmaddie's review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced