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Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik

466 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Pizza, Pincushions and Playing it Straight by Rayne Constantine

Pizza, Pincushions and Playing it Straight

Rayne Constantine

306 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir funny reflective medium-paced
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende

In the Midst of Winter

Isabel Allende

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen

Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World

Leah Hager Cohen

320 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Patron Saints of Nothing

Randy Ribay

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

297 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1024 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Binding by Bridget Collins

The Binding

Bridget Collins

438 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Sydney Padua

317 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0challengedreader's review
fiction graphic novel historical science fiction adventurous funny informative lighthearted fast-paced