Go Read Your Shelf 2022 Challenge - hosted by ruminations

A book everyone says will make you cry
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

359 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love by Huma Qureshi

Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love

Huma Qureshi

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ein wenig Leben by Hanya Yanagihara

Ein wenig Leben

Hanya Yanagihara

35 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

Fredrik Backman

384 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

519 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #1

Frank McCourt

426 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

246 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction historical short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. by Augusten Burroughs

This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

Augusten Burroughs

230 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help funny informative inspiring medium-paced