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30 books

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

266 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Bergje by Bregje Hofstede

Bergje

Van Oorschot Terloops

Bregje Hofstede

79 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
nonfiction essays nature informative inspiring tense medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

147 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
nonfiction religion self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Amerikanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Amerikanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

512 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen

Childhood

The Copenhagen Trilogy #1

Tove Ditlevsen

99 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
nonfiction autobiography classics memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mijn ontelbare identiteiten by Sinan Çankaya

Mijn ontelbare identiteiten

Sinan Çankaya

239 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
nonfiction biography memoir politics informative inspiring tense medium-paced
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
fiction crime literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Bewaar de zomer by Alma Mathijsen

Bewaar de zomer

Alma Mathijsen

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0valerievanschaik's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced