2022 MAY of the MODERNS! - hosted by margaretpinard

‘SEX - a book that deals with the changing attitudes toward sex’
--from Francesca Bauman of the publisher/bookstore Persephone Books (link)
Fran's Resources & Recommendations: “To Bed with Grand Music” by Marghanita Laski
“As It Was” by Helen Thomas
“A Well full of leaves” by E Myers 
and many, many more...!
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Quilt & Other Stories by Ismat Chughtai

The Quilt & Other Stories

Ismat Chughtai

225 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Two Sisters by Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Kripalani

Two Sisters

Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Kripalani

104 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

Zora Neale Hurston

336 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

nonfiction history religion travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

The Enchanted April

Elizabeth von Arnim

240 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence

The Rainbow

Brangwen Family #1

D.H. Lawrence

589 pages • first pub 1915 (editions) user-added

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

8 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton

351 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson

Miss Buncle's Book

Miss Buncle #1

D.E. Stevenson

306 pages • first pub 1934 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Crooked Line: Terhi Lakir by Tahira Naqvi, Ismat Chughtai

The Crooked Line: Terhi Lakir

Tahira Naqvi, Ismat Chughtai

335 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced