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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot #10

Agatha Christie

347 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

We Deserve Monuments

Jas Hammonds

375 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

190 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction classics literary adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Lies We Tell Ourselves

Robin Talley

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

527 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir by Jenifer Lewis

The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir

Jenifer Lewis

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0rocky_'s review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced