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Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

272 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

We Deserve Monuments

Jas Hammonds

375 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

255 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction literary science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

The Last Graduate

The Scholomance #2

Naomi Novik

388 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

393 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson

You Feel It Just Below the Ribs

Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson

371 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchet

The Curve of Time

M. Wylie Blanchet

192 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Years of Rice and Salt

Kim Stanley Robinson

784 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0toorsdenote's review
fiction historical speculative fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced