The 2022 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Novel Debuted By An Older Female Author (40+)
The purpose of this prompt is to show that you can achieve whatever you want at any age.
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The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Paper Palace

Miranda Cowley Heller

389 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
In Dependence by Sarah Ladipo Manyika

In Dependence

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

272 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal

My Name is Leon

Kit de Waal

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

The Son of the House

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

So Long a Letter

Mariama Bâ

90 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

When We Were Birds

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism romance emotional mysterious medium-paced
Skamlebben by Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen

Skamlebben

Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen

142 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction comics lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced
Mein Weg durch die Wälder - Was mich Pilze über das Leben lehrten by Long Litt Woon

Mein Weg durch die Wälder - Was mich Pilze über das Leben lehrten

Long Litt Woon

331 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Amy & Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout

Amy & Isabelle

Elizabeth Strout

320 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera

Neruda on the Park

Cleyvis Natera

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced