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27 books

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

320 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
fiction literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Just Kids by Patti Smith

Just Kids

Patti Smith

279 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
nonfiction art memoir music emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

The Darkness Outside Us

The Darkness Outside Us #1

Eliot Schrefer

397 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction thriller young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

369 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

467 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Crush by Richard Siken

Crush

Yale Series of Younger Poets

Richard Siken

62 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

784 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

358 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0oli_verr's review
fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced