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Shake Up Your Shelves 2023 - hosted by sally_thames

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Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf with Poppy Lam (Illustrator), Juliet Stevenson (Narrator), Amy Smith (Contributor)

7 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf with Poppy Lam (Illustrator), Juliet Stevenson (Narrator), Amy Smith (Contributor)

7 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Tagebuch
Anne Frank with Mirjam Pressler (Translator), Gerhard Hirschfeld (Contributor), Francine Prose (Contributor)

316 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Tagebuch

Anne Frank with Mirjam Pressler (Translator), Gerhard Hirschfeld (Contributor), Francine Prose (Contributor)

316 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

El Dador
The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

240 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

El Dador

The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

240 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Happening
Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator)

96 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

Happening

Annie Ernaux with Tanya Leslie (Translator)

96 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon

226 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

226 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional medium-paced

Minor Detail
Adania Shibli with Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Siiri Scott (Narrator)

3 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli with Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Siiri Scott (Narrator)

3 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced

The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

The Girl from the Sea
Molly Knox Ostertag

253 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

The Girl from the Sea

Molly Knox Ostertag

253 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Crank
Crank #1

Ellen Hopkins

544 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

Crank

Crank #1

Ellen Hopkins

544 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

The Testaments
The Handmaid's Tale #2

Margaret Atwood with Derek Jacobi (Narrator), Mae Whitman (Narrator), Ann Dowd (Narrator), Bryce Dallas Howard (Narrator), Tantoo Cardinal (Narrator), Margaret Atwood (Narrator)

13 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced

The Testaments

The Handmaid's Tale #2

Margaret Atwood with Derek Jacobi (Narrator), Mae Whitman (Narrator), Ann Dowd (Narrator), Bryce Dallas Howard (Narrator), Tantoo Cardinal (Narrator), Margaret Atwood (Narrator)

13 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark tense medium-paced

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