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Nominated for The Booker Prize
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Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty

Sofia Valdez, Future Prez

Questioneers Picture Books

Andrea Beaty

40 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction childrens inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
How to Be Both by Ali Smith

How to Be Both

Ali Smith

372 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin

Laurus

Eugene Vodolazkin

384 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Employees by Olga Ravn

The Employees

Olga Ravn

121 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

Booth

Karen Joy Fowler

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark sad tense slow-paced
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary romance dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

349 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir middle grade poetry race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamín Labatut

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary short stories challenging informative slow-paced
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

This Mournable Body

Nervous Conditions #3

Tsitsi Dangarembga

296 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced