Read Your Shelves Challenge 2021 - hosted by caitlinsbooks

A book you bought in hardcover that is now in paperback
We've all done this (please tell me it's not just me?!) - bought the brand new hardcover with every intention of reading it ASAP, but then time slips away from you, and suddenly the paperback is out and your lovely hardcover is still sitting on the shelf...
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Purity by Jonathan Franzen

Purity

Jonathan Franzen

576 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark medium-paced
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation #2

Ken Liu

442 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
How Music Works by David Byrne

How Music Works

David Byrne

345 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art history music informative slow-paced
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

Death at La Fenice

Commissario Brunetti #1

Donna Leon

270 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
All Adults Here by Emma Straub

All Adults Here

Emma Straub

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

430 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer

Dead Astronauts

Borne #2

Jeff VanderMeer

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco

The Heart Forger

The Bone Witch #2

Rin Chupeco

461 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff

317 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional sad slow-paced
Eliza Starts a Rumor by Jane L. Rosen

Eliza Starts a Rumor

Jane L. Rosen

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced