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The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner

The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers

Betsy Lerner

304 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative reflective slow-paced
Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson

Built from the Fire

Victor Luckerson

672 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

261 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara

Gorilla, My Love

Toni Cade Bambara

192 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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A Burning by Megha Majumdar

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson

Built from the Fire

Victor Luckerson

672 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Queen's Gambit

Walter Tevis

256 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

Bolu Babalola

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance short stories adventurous emotional fast-paced
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

No One Is Talking About This

Patricia Lockwood

210 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

5 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bestiary by K-Ming Chang

Bestiary

K-Ming Chang

259 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith

The Everlasting

Katy Simpson Smith

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced