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The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent

Kazuo Ishiguro

120 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
fiction literary music emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
The Immortal Soul Salvage Yard by Beth May

The Immortal Soul Salvage Yard

Beth May

88 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
fiction poetry reflective medium-paced
bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward

bone

Yrsa Daley-Ward

160 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
nonfiction feminism poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Jade City by Fonda Lee

Jade City

The Green Bone Saga #1

Fonda Lee

510 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Disorientation

Elaine Hsieh Chou

405 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
fiction contemporary literary funny reflective medium-paced
The Wild Iris by Louise Glück

The Wild Iris

Louise Glück

63 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better by Jennifer Pahlka

Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better

Jennifer Pahlka

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

5 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

Tower of Dawn

Throne of Glass #6

Sarah J. Maas

663 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0why_balloo's review
nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced