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Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin

Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung

Nina MacLaughlin

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
fiction historical short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones

The Wild Huntress

Emily Lloyd-Jones

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

Nathan Thrall

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight by Naomi Cohn

The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight

Naomi Cohn

151 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
nonfiction autobiography essays memoir poetry
The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang

The Border of Paradise

Esmé Weijun Wang

292 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The Fox Wife

Yangsze Choo

388 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
fiction fantasy historical literary speculative fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

The Bullet Swallower

Elizabeth Gonzalez James

257 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
fiction historical literary magical realism adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Creative Doing: 75 Practical Exercises to Unblock Your Creative Potential in Your Work, Hobby, Or Next Career by Herbert Lui

Creative Doing: 75 Practical Exercises to Unblock Your Creative Potential in Your Work, Hobby, Or Next Career

Herbert Lui

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
nonfiction education self help
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

303 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0otherwordy's review
nonfiction essays feminism challenging reflective medium-paced