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42 books

Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb

Fool's Fate

The Tawny Man #3

Robin Hobb

914 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction childrens hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Eve's Diary by Mark Twain

Eve's Diary

Mark Twain

38 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction classics short stories funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Doing Time by Jodi Taylor

Doing Time

The Time Police #1

Jodi Taylor

480 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction fantasy historical science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw

106 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna

How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind

Regan Penaluna

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
nonfiction feminism memoir philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

283 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

I Must Betray You

Ruta Sepetys

317 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction historical young adult emotional informative tense fast-paced
The House of the Dead and Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The House of the Dead and Poor Folk

Fyodor Dostoevsky

480 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced