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29 books

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

7 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

184 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
nonfiction essays nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

15 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

6 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Backbone of the World by Stephen Graham Jones

The Backbone of the World

Trespass #3

Stephen Graham Jones

54 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
fiction horror short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

The Six Deaths of the Saint

Into Shadow #3

Alix E. Harrow

30 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
fiction fantasy short stories adventurous dark medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter #1

Angeline Boulley

494 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
fiction contemporary mystery thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

A Torch Against the Night

An Ember in the Ashes #2

Sabaa Tahir

15 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0vale_reading's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced