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Bis wir Wald werden by Birgit Mattausch

Bis wir Wald werden

Birgit Mattausch

176 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Blankets by Craig Thompson

Blankets

Craig Thompson

592 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
nonfiction autobiography graphic novel memoir young adult adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

336 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Plainsong by Kent Haruf

Plainsong

Plainsong #1

Kent Haruf

301 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

438 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

299 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman

Seven Types of Ambiguity

Elliot Perlman

640 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

399 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy

The Illusion of Separateness

Simon Van Booy

212 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0explikator's review
fiction historical reflective medium-paced
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