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The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

The Hacienda

Isabel Cañas

345 pages • hardcover • 2022

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fiction historical horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan

324 pages • hardcover • 2022

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fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • paperback • 1979

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fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

339 pages • hardcover • 2022

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fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

496 pages • paperback • 2016

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

The Honeys

Ryan La Sala

340 pages • hardcover • 2022

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fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Alone With You in the Ether

Olivie Blake

302 pages • paperback • 2020

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fiction literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on by Franny Choi

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on

Franny Choi

132 pages • hardcover • 2022

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced