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Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

Bliss Montage

Ling Ma

228 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction literary magical realism short stories dark reflective medium-paced
Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Recitatif

Toni Morrison

96 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Writers & Lovers by Lily King

Writers & Lovers

Lily King

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction contemporary literary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Matrix by Lauren Groff

Matrix

Lauren Groff

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Either/Or by Elif Batuman

Either/Or

The Idiot #2

Elif Batuman

360 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

341 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

320 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction classics literary poetry challenging mysterious slow-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0bookphia's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction adventurous dark reflective medium-paced