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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
Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Case Study

Graeme Macrae Burnet

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction historical literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Olga Ravn

139 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman

Modern Nature

Derek Jarman

336 pages • first pub 1991 (editions) user-added

5.0clem's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Tombs of Atuan

Earthsea Cycle #2

Ursula K. Le Guin

203 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Trust by Hernán Díaz

Trust

Hernán Díaz

402 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction historical literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
In the Distance by Hernán Díaz

In the Distance

Hernán Díaz

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction historical literary adventurous reflective sad medium-paced