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38 books

Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

Charm City Rocks

Matthew Norman

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

292 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

428 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
nonfiction biography history challenging dark informative medium-paced
Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

Leslie F*cking Jones

Leslie Jones

16 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
How to Tame a Wild Rogue by Julie Anne Long

How to Tame a Wild Rogue

The Palace of Rogues #6

Julie Anne Long

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction historical romance adventurous inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

Flowers from the Storm

Laura Kinsale

560 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction historical romance emotional medium-paced
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

I Have Some Questions for You

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

Quietly Hostile

Samantha Irby

290 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Knockout by Sarah MacLean

Knockout

Hell's Belles #3

Sarah MacLean

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0karenmsecrest's review
fiction historical romance adventurous lighthearted medium-paced