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31 books

We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

We Could Be Rats

Emily Austin

256 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0emmakorynta's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

121 pages • first pub 1958 (editions) user-added

5.0emmakorynta's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

295 pages • first pub 1985 (editions) user-added

5.0emmakorynta's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0emmakorynta's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0emmakorynta's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Bois Sauvage #3

Jesmyn Ward

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

5.0emmakorynta's review
fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0emmakorynta's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0emmakorynta's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0emmakorynta's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry

364 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0emmakorynta's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced