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65 books

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

144 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 5

Heartstopper #5

Alice Oseman

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

A Time to Dance

Padma Venkatraman

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Last Night I Sang to the Monster

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

239 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Away Childish Things by lettered

Away Childish Things

lettered

513 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) not a book user-added

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Manacled by SenLinYu

Manacled

Manacled #1-3

SenLinYu

1635 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) not a book user-added

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction dystopian fantasy romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0elegyforthedream's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced