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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

428 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue

Sudden Death

Álvaro Enrigue

185 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
fiction historical literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

190 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
fiction classics literary young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

458 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Blind Spot by Teju Cole

Blind Spot

Teju Cole

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
nonfiction art essays reflective slow-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

296 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

201 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

Hocus Pocus

Kurt Vonnegut

336 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
fiction science fiction funny reflective slow-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0lumpyplume's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced