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28 books

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

601 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Hild by Nicola Griffith

Hild

Light of the World #1

Nicola Griffith

546 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous slow-paced
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson

Middle Passage

Charles Johnson

224 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction historical race reflective slow-paced
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

The Japanese Lover

Isabel Allende

322 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction literary romance emotional slow-paced
Barkskins by Annie Proulx

Barkskins

Annie Proulx

736 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

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

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

The Dog Stars

Peter Heller

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction science fiction adventurous hopeful reflective slow-paced
The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell

The Women of the Copper Country

Mary Doria Russell

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction historical emotional informative slow-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

112 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0valeriemadsen's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced