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Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

Raja Shehadeh

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

129 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Planned Occasion by Angie Kim

A Planned Occasion

Good Intentions #7

Angie Kim

27 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Land with a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism by Sarah Sills, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Esther Farmer

A Land with a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism

Sarah Sills, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Esther Farmer

227 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma

Tastes Like Shakkar

If Shakespeare was an Auntie #2

Nisha Sharma

338 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
fiction romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches #1

Sangu Mandanna

318 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Happy Place by Emily Henry

Happy Place

Emily Henry

388 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

252 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

5.0sarafinley's review
fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced