itsthejam's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

Hannah Carlson

320 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0itsthejam's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • hardcover • 2023

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

416 pages • digital • 2024

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael Leali

The Civil War of Amos Abernathy

Michael Leali

304 pages • digital • 2022

5.0itsthejam's review
fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade medium-paced
Family Family by Laurie Frankel

Family Family

Laurie Frankel

400 pages • digital • 2024

5.0itsthejam's review
fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • hardcover • 2022

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Shouldn't Be Telling You This (But I'm Going to Anyway) by Chelsea Devantez

I Shouldn't Be Telling You This (But I'm Going to Anyway)

Chelsea Devantez

272 pages • hardcover • 2024

4.0itsthejam's review
nonfiction essays memoir dark emotional funny fast-paced
The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar

The Museum of Failures

Thrity Umrigar

368 pages • digital • 2023

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Long Island Compromise

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

416 pages • digital • 2024

5.0itsthejam's review
fiction literary dark emotional funny medium-paced
Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura

Like Happiness

Ursula Villarreal-Moura

272 pages • digital • 2024

4.0itsthejam's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced