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352 books

Stay True by Hua Hsu

Stay True

Hua Hsu

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei

The Original Daughter

Jemimah Wei

588 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

354 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

Raja Shehadeh

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise: A Novel by Yi-Han Lin

Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise: A Novel

Yi-Han Lin

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
fiction literary reflective slow-paced
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

129 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

470 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
I Used to Have a Plan: But Life Had Other Ideas by Alessandra Olanow

I Used to Have a Plan: But Life Had Other Ideas

Alessandra Olanow

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
nonfiction psychology self help emotional inspiring medium-paced
Mongrel by Hanako Footman

Mongrel

Hanako Footman

341 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0cherrytan's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced