2024 DMPL Reading Challenge - hosted by desmoinespubliclibrary

Book that is out of your comfort zone or not what you would normally pick up
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The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin

The Hills of Estrella Roja

Ashley Robin Franklin

390 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ mystery young adult medium-paced
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

Therese Oneill

307 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history funny informative fast-paced
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

9 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Rouge by Mona Awad

Rouge

Mona Awad

372 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing

The Empyrean #1

Rebecca Yarros

517 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

12 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Cloisters by Katy Hays

The Cloisters

Katy Hays

312 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Slave by Damien Lewis, Mende Nazer

Slave

Slave/Freedom #1

Damien Lewis, Mende Nazer

10 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory

The Lady of the Rivers

The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #1

Philippa Gregory

497 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional informative slow-paced