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Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence

The Fire-Dwellers

Manawaka Sequence

Margaret Laurence

308 pages • first pub 1969 (editions) user-added

5.0clem's review
fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay

306 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

James Baldwin

208 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race reflective slow-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

416 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

A Small Place

Jamaica Kincaid

81 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction essays history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

688 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction crime historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0clem's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence

The Diviners

Manawaka Sequence

Margaret Laurence

390 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0clem's review
fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced