oruga's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

Wayward Children #10

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear

Seanan McGuire

146 pages • 2025 • 9 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional fast-paced
2.5 oruga's review
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

376 pages • 2020 • 33 editions

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
3.0 oruga's review
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

274 pages • 1987 • 31 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 oruga's review
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

A Children's Bible

Lydia Millet

240 pages • 2020 • 22 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
4.5 oruga's review
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

123 pages • 1929 • 258 editions

nonfiction classics essays poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
1.0 oruga's review
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

168 pages • 2003 • 30 editions

nonfiction essays nature informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
2.5 oruga's review
Unspeakable Violence: Remapping U.S. and Mexican National Imaginaries by Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández

Unspeakable Violence: Remapping U.S. and Mexican National Imaginaries

Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández

400 pages • 2011 • 3 editions

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective fast-paced
4.5 oruga's review
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

C. Riley Snorton

256 pages • 2017 • 9 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
oruga's review
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • 2018 • 75 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
4.5 oruga's review
All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie

All the Horses of Iceland

Sarah Tolmie

112 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

fiction historical literary mysterious reflective slow-paced
2.5 oruga's review