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2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea by Bandi

The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea

Bandi

254 pages • 2014 • 47 editions

fiction historical literary short stories dark informative sad medium-paced
3.75 jayisreading's review
This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vol. 1 by Sai Naekawa

This Monster Wants to Eat Me #1

This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vol. 1

Sai Naekawa

168 pages • 2021 • 10 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ manga romance dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

Idol, Burning

Rin Usami

134 pages • 2020 • 48 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced
3.5 jayisreading's review
Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar

Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life

Sofia Samatar

192 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
4.0 jayisreading's review
Run Away with Me, Girl, Volume 1 by Battan

Run Away With Me, Girl [Three Volume Edition] #1

Run Away with Me, Girl, Volume 1

Battan

208 pages • 2021 • 14 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance emotional medium-paced
This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vol. 3 by Sai Naekawa

This Monster Wants to Eat Me #3

This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vol. 3

Sai Naekawa

162 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ manga romance dark mysterious fast-paced
Minato's Laundromat, Vol. 3 by Sawa Kanzume, Yuzu Tsubaki

Minato's Laundromat / みなと商事コインランドリー #3

Minato's Laundromat, Vol. 3

Sawa Kanzume, Yuzu Tsubaki

164 pages • 2022 • 11 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ manga romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza by Samah Sabawi

Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza

Samah Sabawi

336 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
4.0 jayisreading's review
Signs, Music by Raymond Antrobus

Signs, Music

Raymond Antrobus

88 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
3.75 jayisreading's review
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka

432 pages • 2022 • 67 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark reflective medium-paced
3.75 jayisreading's review