Unreal Unearth by Hozier Reading Challenge - hosted by geetswrites

SON OF NYX: A book on grief.
"Alex's father's name was Nick. So Alex, then, being a son of Nick, is a reference there, too, to honor his father. When I first heard it, I just thought it was staggeringly beautiful." 
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Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Incidents Around the House

Josh Malerman

367 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish

In the Presence of Absence

Mahmoud Darwish

171 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction literary poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships

Natalie Haynes

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica

How We Named the Stars

Andrés N. Ordorica

286 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
There Is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cashore

There Is a Door in This Darkness

Kristin Cashore

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Girls Like Girls

Hayley Kiyoko

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune

376 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

6 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced