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38 books

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name #1

André Aciman

248 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

340 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Refugees

Viet Thanh Nguyen

209 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
fiction contemporary historical literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

Where Reasons End

Yiyun Li

170 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

231 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love by D. W. Wilson, Bernardine Evaristo, Carys Bray

How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love

D. W. Wilson, Bernardine Evaristo, Carys Bray

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven #1

Mitch Albom

196 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Inkspell

Inkworld #2

Cornelia Funke

635 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0joshbaird's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced