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37 books

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

306 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

bell hooks

212 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
nonfiction feminism gender psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

148 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction classics literary young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

326 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Slow Days, Fast Company. The World, the Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz

Slow Days, Fast Company. The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

Eve Babitz

184 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction literary memoir reflective medium-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

11 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Harrow by Joy Williams

Harrow

Joy Williams

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction literary science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Olga Ravn

136 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
My Husband by Maud Ventura

My Husband

Maud Ventura

260 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0phlegmcel's review
fiction literary thriller dark tense fast-paced