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Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse by Dana VanderLugt, Dana VanderLugt

Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse

Dana VanderLugt, Dana VanderLugt

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction middle grade emotional reflective slow-paced
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling

Leila Mottley

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Bastard Out of Carolina
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Dorothy Allison

Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison

309 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

529 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

Plain Truth

Jodi Picoult

416 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction contemporary mystery emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham

A Home at the End of the World

Michael Cunningham

342 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced
Flesh and Blood by Michael Cunningham

Flesh and Blood

Michael Cunningham

465 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

I Know This Much Is True

Wally Lamb

897 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates

You Must Remember This

Joyce Carol Oates

448 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction contemporary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

249 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0saraelm's review
fiction literary dark reflective sad slow-paced