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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

Max Porter

114 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy

Water Shall Refuse Them

Lucie McKnight Hardy

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
fiction historical horror dark mysterious medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Adam Kay

5 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced
Lanny by Max Porter

Lanny

Max Porter

210 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
fiction fantasy magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

367 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

342 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

Boy Parts

Eliza Clark

297 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ literary dark tense medium-paced
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney

356 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0myliteraryshelf's review
fiction fantasy literary adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced