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53 books

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

339 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

Motherthing

Ainslie Hogarth

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
fiction horror dark funny tense medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius

The Murderer's Ape

Sally Jones #2

Jakob Wegelius

624 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
fiction historical middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

181 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
fiction fantasy horror magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman by Sharan Dhaliwal

Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman

Sharan Dhaliwal

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

100 Boyfriends

Brontez Purnell

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

353 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
nonfiction feminism health history funny informative medium-paced
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong

314 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0leighmayon's review
nonfiction essays sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced