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53 books

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

421 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton

424 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter #1

Angeline Boulley

494 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction contemporary mystery thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion by Gabrielle Stanley Blair

Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion

Gabrielle Stanley Blair

144 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0devan's review
nonfiction feminism informative fast-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Angie Cruz

191 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Bewilderment by Richard Powers

Bewilderment

Richard Powers

278 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction contemporary literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

374 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0devan's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced