42 oddly specific book recommendations (Dakota Warren and Jack Edwards) - hosted by miamatic04

a book that makes you feel uncomfortable in a good way, but is also beautifully written
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing - Eimear McBride (Dakota)
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami (Jack) 
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The Push by Ashley Audrain

The Push

Ashley Audrain

303 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

James Baldwin

375 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty

Ling Ling Huang

268 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

548 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

7 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

389 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

166 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

10 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Eimear McBride

203 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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