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Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

Mark Dunn

208 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction speculative fiction funny 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)

5.0jbright's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Short War by Lily Meyer

Short War

Lily Meyer

270 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction historical literary medium-paced
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #1

Satoshi Yagisawa

147 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Five-Carat Soul

James McBride

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

241 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

386 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

311 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced