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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

292 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0onmalsshelf's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

305 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0onmalsshelf's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0onmalsshelf's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

376 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction crime historical thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

11 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0onmalsshelf's review
nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

Shark Heart: A Love Story

Emily Habeck

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction historical literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience by Eli Saslow

Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience

Eli Saslow

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0onmalsshelf's review
nonfiction essays health challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther

Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

Gail Crowther

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0onmalsshelf's review
nonfiction biography feminism history emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

The Invisible Hour

Alice Hoffman

269 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0onmalsshelf's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced