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Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior

Crooked Plow

Trilogia da terra #1

Itamar Vieira Junior

276 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
My Work by Olga Ravn

My Work

Olga Ravn

390 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Tar Baby

Toni Morrison

306 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Hurricane Season

Fernanda Melchor

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction contemporary horror literary mystery challenging dark tense medium-paced
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

Ordinary Notes

Christina Sharpe

379 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction essays memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Termush by Sven Holm

Termush

Sven Holm

119 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

Swamplandia!

Karen Russell

400 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction fantasy literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

Biography of X

Catherine Lacey

394 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Circus: Or, Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes by Wayne Koestenbaum

Circus: Or, Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes

Wayne Koestenbaum

304 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction lgbtqia+ reflective medium-paced
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

300 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction essays memoir nature emotional reflective sad slow-paced