The Unread Shelf Project 2021 - hosted by theunreadshelf

April - A book bought from a used bookstore
Who doesn't love a used bookstore??? Cheap, old books are the best - unless we never read them.
All books added
Women in Purple: Three Byzantine Empresses by Judith Herrin

Women in Purple: Three Byzantine Empresses

Judith Herrin

304 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Tristan Strong #1

Kwame Mbalia

496 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson

The Beauty of the Husband

Anne Carson

160 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction essays poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

The Eyre Affair

Thursday Next #1

Jasper Fforde

373 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
This Savage Song by V.E. Schwab

This Savage Song

Monsters of Verity #1

V.E. Schwab

411 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Secrets by Francine Pascal, Kate William

Secrets

Sweet Valley High #2

Francine Pascal, Kate William

118 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction young adult lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

The Last Letter from Your Lover

Jojo Moyes

432 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Karma by Cathy Ostlere

Karma

Cathy Ostlere

528 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The Sellout

Paul Beatty

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary race challenging dark funny medium-paced
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

The Female of the Species

Mindy McGinnis

357 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced