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Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart

Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire

Andrea Stuart

353 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

Still Life with Woodpecker

Tom Robbins

288 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction contemporary magical realism funny fast-paced
Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

Saga, Vol. 1

Saga #01-06

Brian K. Vaughan

160 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Looking for Alaska by John Green

Looking for Alaska

John Green

234 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Warsan Shire

38 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
nonfiction feminism poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Giant Days Vol. 2 by John Allison, Whitney Cogar

Giant Days Vol. 2

Giant Days (Single Issues) #05-08

John Allison, Whitney Cogar

128 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction comics lgbtqia+ young adult funny lighthearted fast-paced
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

Jitterbug Perfume

Tom Robbins

352 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction fantasy magical realism challenging funny reflective slow-paced
This Savage Song by V.E. Schwab

This Savage Song

Monsters of Verity #1

V.E. Schwab

480 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist by Asumiko Nakamura

Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist

ウツボラ / Utsubora #1-2

Asumiko Nakamura

460 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction manga thriller dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

The Subtle Knife

His Dark Materials #2

Philip Pullman

352 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0melanierichards's review
fiction fantasy middle grade young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced