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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Consent: A Memoir by Vanessa Springora

Consent: A Memoir

Vanessa Springora

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters

337 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction contemporary gender lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Olga Ravn

136 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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fiction literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan

Acts of Desperation

Megan Nolan

279 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Eric LaRocca

102 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark tense fast-paced
You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories by Mary South

You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories

Mary South

244 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction contemporary short stories challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

Filthy Animals

Brandon Taylor

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

Crossroads

A Key to All Mythologies #1

Jonathan Franzen

592 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced