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Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

Isabella Hammad

96 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

The Empusium

Olga Tokarczuk

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
fiction historical horror literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

Headshot

Rita Bullwinkel

248 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Why Did You Come Back Every Summer by Belén López Peiró

Why Did You Come Back Every Summer

Belén López Peiró

188 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
fiction crime feminism memoir emotional sad tense medium-paced
A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux

A Woman's Story

Annie Ernaux

104 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

In Ascension

Martin MacInnes

512 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
fiction literary mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

284 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

592 pages • first pub -800 (editions) user-added

5.0lauradvb's review
fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
Shame by Annie Ernaux

Shame

Annie Ernaux

112 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir

A Very Easy Death

Simone de Beauvoir

128 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0lauradvb's review
nonfiction memoir philosophy emotional reflective sad medium-paced