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Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

150 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
fiction classics literary race emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Monkey Beach: A Novel by Eden Robinson

Monkey Beach: A Novel

Eden Robinson

379 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
fiction contemporary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Goddess Complex: A Novel by Sanjena Sathian

Goddess Complex: A Novel

Sanjena Sathian

320 pages • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

5.0joymargot's review
fiction literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

192 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda

Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop

Kenji Ueda

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

601 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Bound by Maddie Ballard

Bound

Maddie Ballard

152 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
nonfiction essays memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Bookshops & Bonedust

Legends & Lattes #0

Travis Baldree

356 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0joymargot's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced