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37 books

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

The Final Empire

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

541 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird by Lucy Hannah

My Pen is the Wing of a Bird

Lucy Hannah

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

354 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

169 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Outlander

Outlander #1

Diana Gabaldon

896 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

Naomi Klein

576 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream

Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mvvelde's review
nonfiction cookbook food and drink memoir emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced