The Unread Shelf Project 2021 - hosted by theunreadshelf

May - A book you bought as a new release
There's always that one exciting book we grab the day it comes out. But how often do we actually read it? Finish it this month.
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Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine

Heartbreak Bay

Stillhouse Lake #5

Rachel Caine

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

310 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening

Monstress #01-06

Marjorie Liu

208 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker

The Women of Troy

Women of Troy #2

Pat Barker

284 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

378 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ literary romance adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith

Tomorrow Will Be Better

Betty Smith

336 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics historical young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

206 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

The House in the Cerulean Sea #1

TJ Klune

398 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced