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20 books

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

355 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced
White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port by Kate Storey

White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port

Kate Storey

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan

351 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction classics literary young adult emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-2

Marjane Satrapi

153 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

372 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow

374 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

337 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

Lily and the Octopus

Steven Rowley

307 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mlsweeten's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional medium-paced