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19 books

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

The Winners

Beartown #3

Fredrik Backman

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction contemporary literary sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

The Visit

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

112 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction classics play dark funny reflective fast-paced
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

288 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
nonfiction history sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler

310 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction fantasy science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

Adulthood Rites

Xenogenesis #2

Octavia E. Butler

277 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

248 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

375 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0loreleifae's review
fiction classics horror literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced