bgates's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Owned Read Books

First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

Daughter of Cambodia #1

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung

238 pages • 2000 • 50 editions

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional informative medium-paced
4.5 bgates's review
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

337 pages • 2025 • 161 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
3.75 bgates's review
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

385 pages • 2023 • 39 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
3.25 bgates's review
Wool by Hugh Howey

Silo #1

Wool

Hugh Howey

584 pages • 2012 • 149 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
4.25 bgates's review
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

559 pages • 1992 • 323 editions

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
3.0 bgates's review
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Wild Dark Shore

Charlotte McConaghy

302 pages • 2025 • 77 editions

fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
4.75 bgates's review
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • 2024 • 72 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 bgates's review
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • 1956 • 212 editions

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
4.75 bgates's review
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • 2019 • 130 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
4.75 bgates's review