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28 books

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Love by Toni Morrison

Love

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Mother of Strangers by Suad Amiry

Mother of Strangers

Suad Amiry

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

If They Come for Us: Poems

Fatimah Asghar

108 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
nonfiction feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

312 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Nine Yard Sarees by Prasanthi Ram

Nine Yard Sarees

Prasanthi Ram

258 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0shafnut's review
fiction
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

On Palestine

Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

215 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0shafnut's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope by Kirsten Han

The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope

Kirsten Han

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0shafnut's review
nonfiction essays