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Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live by Dov Forman, Lily Ebert

Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live

Dov Forman, Lily Ebert

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Eighteen Seconds by Louise Beech

Eighteen Seconds

Louise Beech

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

Oliver Darkshire

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Young Women by Jessica Moor

Young Women

Jessica Moor

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou

100 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0felicity's review
nonfiction classics feminism poetry emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced