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17A Keong Saik Road by Charmaine Leung

17A Keong Saik Road

Charmaine Leung

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
nonfiction emotional reflective slow-paced
Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988-2021) by Brian Haman, ko ko thett

Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988-2021)

Brian Haman, ko ko thett

266 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
nonfiction poetry challenging dark sad medium-paced
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

Naomi Klein

576 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The Complete Persepolis

Persepolis #1-4

Marjane Satrapi

341 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How Do You Live? by Genzaburō Yoshino

How Do You Live?

Genzaburō Yoshino

280 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
fiction classics middle grade hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
fiction fantasy magical realism young adult emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

Lisa See

371 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Homeless by Liyana Dhamirah

Homeless

Liyana Dhamirah

144 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0slightlyliterary's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced