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27 books

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

468 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

340 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Boy with Flowers in His Hair by Jarvis

The Boy with Flowers in His Hair

Jarvis

32 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
fiction childrens emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

Julián Is a Mermaid

Julián #1

Jessica Love

40 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
fiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and Us Social Transformation by Fania E. Davis

The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and Us Social Transformation

Fania E. Davis

120 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

247 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
fiction fantasy literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternmaster #1

Octavia E. Butler

298 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
fiction magical realism science fiction adventurous medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0colbylball's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Stages of Rot by Linnea Sterte

Stages of Rot

Linnea Sterte

152 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0colbylball's review
fiction comics fantasy adventurous reflective slow-paced