The Kitchen Sink Challenge - hosted by joann_l

A book set in a place you have never visited
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South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain by Eric Z. Weintraub, Eric Z. Weintraub

South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain

Eric Z. Weintraub, Eric Z. Weintraub

334 pages • missing pub info (editions)

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Iraq + 100: stories from a century after the invasion by Diaa Jubaili, Ra Page, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Anoud, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Khalid Kaki, Mortada Gzar, Ali Bader, Zhraa Alhaboby, Jalal Hasan, زهراء أزهر الحبوبي, Hassan Blasim

Iraq + 100: stories from a century after the invasion

Futures Past

Diaa Jubaili, Ra Page, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Anoud, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Khalid Kaki, Mortada Gzar, Ali Bader, Zhraa Alhaboby, Jalal Hasan, زهراء أزهر الحبوبي, Hassan Blasim

182 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
The Secret of Dunhaven Castle by Nellie H. Steele

The Secret of Dunhaven Castle

Cate Kensie Mystery #1

Nellie H. Steele

286 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

Vagabonds!

Eloghosa Osunde

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Lover: A Novel by Rebecca Sacks

The Lover: A Novel

Rebecca Sacks

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary romance challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste

Underneath the Sycamore Tree

B. Celeste

414 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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