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403 reviews

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad

5.0

A collection of personal histories that range from hilarious to heartbreaking to paint a phenomenal landscape

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

This book is plotted a lot like Eva and Shane’s romance: fast, intense, raw, and with a hilarious amount of exposition

1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg

informative inspiring reflective

2.5

For those “if you could give one piece of advice to aspiring writers” mfs

How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad

4.0

Top-tier immigrant story collection

One Day by David Nicholls

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad

5.0

Hang this in The Louvre

(Down the back, but who cares, still The Louvre)

Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective

3.5

Oh translated Japanese fiction, you know exactly how to conjure dread and unease

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

adventurous emotional informative reflective

2.5

Disappointing how quickly this unraveled from its strong start into a repetitive, one-note mess

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

Very smart and has a lot of heart, but that ending was an insane whiff

Consent by Jill Ciment

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

A dissection of one’s own life for public display and personal contemplation

[...]: Poems by Fady Joudah

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0