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24 books

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

The Distant Hours

Kate Morton

562 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

456 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
fiction classics fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Damien Lewis, Halima Bashir

Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur

Damien Lewis, Halima Bashir

316 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional slow-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
fiction historical magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike by John Desantis

The Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike

True Crime

John Desantis

176 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
nonfiction history true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

327 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jubee's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced