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The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose

The Museum of Modern Love

Heather Rose

296 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee

8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

Mirinae Lee

290 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino

If On A Winter's Night A Traveller

Italo Calvino

260 pages • first pub 1979 (editions) user-added

5.0mrising1's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

231 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
84, Charing Cross Road / The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff

84, Charing Cross Road / The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

Helene Hanff

220 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

A Redbird Christmas

Fannie Flagg

229 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction romance funny fast-paced
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Harlem #1

Colson Whitehead

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction crime historical literary adventurous tense medium-paced
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

Adulthood Rites

Xenogenesis #2

Octavia E. Butler

277 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0mrising1's review
fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced