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All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation

Rebecca Traister

339 pages • hardcover • 2016

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nonfiction feminism history politics reflective slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • hardcover • 2016

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu

271 pages • digital • 2020 user-added

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fiction contemporary literary funny reflective fast-paced
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

Damon Young

8 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2019

5.0jadessong's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

291 pages • paperback • 1994

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fiction dystopian literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

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fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

315 pages • hardcover • 2011 user-added

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • hardcover • 2020

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
War Trash by Ha Jin

War Trash

Ha Jin

352 pages • paperback • 2004

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • paperback • 1987

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fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced