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12 books

Motherhood by Sheila Heti

Motherhood

Sheila Heti

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Idiot

The Idiot #1

Elif Batuman

423 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
fiction literary funny reflective slow-paced
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskill

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

Malcolm Gaskill

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
nonfiction history dark informative reflective medium-paced
Either/Or by Elif Batuman

Either/Or

The Idiot #2

Elif Batuman

360 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

Everything Sad Is Untrue

Daniel Nayeri

416 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0katelarue's review
fiction middle grade emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Assembly by Natasha Brown

Assembly

Natasha Brown

106 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling

Leila Mottley

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi

Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

Lea Ypi

267 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katelarue's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced