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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

245 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

The Fishermen

Chigozie Obioma

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Bossypants by Tina Fey

Bossypants

Tina Fey

264 pages • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

5.0the_wanderer's review
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

428 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

224 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

197 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi

Ghana Must Go

Taiye Selasi

336 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge #1

Elizabeth Strout

357 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0the_wanderer's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced