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53 books

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

477 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

429 pages • first pub 1601 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
fiction classics play dark tense medium-paced
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

Sappho

397 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
nonfiction classics lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

Hannah Gadsby

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

113 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

Becky Cooper

499 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
nonfiction feminism memoir true crime challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

281 pages • first pub 1597 (editions)

5.0howljenkins's review
fiction classics play romance emotional sad medium-paced