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122 books

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

126 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

119 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

Land of Milk and Honey

C Pam Zhang

232 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

Elena Knows

Claudia Piñeiro

158 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction contemporary crime literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Ripe

Sarah Rose Etter

276 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein

Hungry Ghosts

Kevin Jared Hosein

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

Ordinary Notes

Christina Sharpe

379 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction essays memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Colony by Audrey Magee

The Colony

Audrey Magee

376 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

377 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced