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71 books

I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage

I Wish I Had a Red Dress

Idlewild #2

Pearl Cleage

323 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

234 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Millennium #1

Stieg Larsson

465 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
How to Save Your Own Life: An Isadora Wing Novel by Erica Jong

How to Save Your Own Life: An Isadora Wing Novel

Erica Jong

313 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction feminism challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

451 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Goon Squad #1

Jennifer Egan

351 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough

Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

Paul Tough

296 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
nonfiction education sociology hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

James Joyce

384 pages • first pub 1916 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

323 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

5.0chajara's review
fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced