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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

294 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Awakening

Kate Chopin

195 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

240 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
fiction literary dark reflective sad fast-paced
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

79 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
My Baby First Birthday by Jenny Zhang

My Baby First Birthday

Jenny Zhang

186 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
fiction poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang

Sour Heart

Jenny Zhang

301 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
fiction contemporary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange

80 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
fiction play poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

A Small Place

Jamaica Kincaid

81 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0bsl's review
nonfiction essays history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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