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2025
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix

Small Boat

Vincent Delecroix

122 pages • 2023 • 28 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
4.5 readbybetty_'s review
A Small Apocalypse by Laura Chow Reeve

A Small Apocalypse

Laura Chow Reeve

184 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
4.0 readbybetty_'s review
I'll Never Call Him Dad Again by Caroline Darian

I'll Never Call Him Dad Again

Caroline Darian

4h 15m • 2022 • 63 editions

user-added

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad fast-paced
Shame by Annie Ernaux

Shame

Annie Ernaux

86 pages • 1997 • 63 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
4.0 readbybetty_'s review
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd

Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal

Mohammed El-Kurd

245 pages • 2025 • 19 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 readbybetty_'s review
A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle

A Language of Limbs

Dylin Hardcastle

272 pages • 2024 • 19 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
3.5 readbybetty_'s review
Motherhood by Sheila Heti

Motherhood

Sheila Heti

284 pages • 2018 • 47 editions

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fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
4.5 readbybetty_'s review
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother

Shari Franke

7h 9m • 2025 • 74 editions

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali

Madonna in a Fur Coat

Sabahattin Ali

192 pages • 1943 • 117 editions

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
4.0 readbybetty_'s review
Boulder by Eva Baltasar

Boulder

Eva Baltasar

105 pages • 2023 • 48 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
3.5 readbybetty_'s review