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24 books

After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell

After You'd Gone

Maggie O'Farrell

386 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

How to Kill Your Family

Bella Mackie

10 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary crime dark funny tense fast-paced
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
After the Silence by Louise O'Neill

After the Silence

Louise O'Neill

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark medium-paced
Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill

Only Ever Yours

Louise O'Neill

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary dystopian young adult dark reflective slow-paced
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments

The Handmaid's Tale #2

Margaret Atwood

419 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

176 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

392 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

516 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0my_literary_life's review
fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous mysterious slow-paced