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The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector

81 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0shorshewitch's review
fiction literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Dear Ones by Berta Dávila

The Dear Ones

Berta Dávila

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

4.0shorshewitch's review
fiction
Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire

Discourse on Colonialism

Aimé Césaire

102 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

5.0shorshewitch's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.0shorshewitch's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language by Roxane Gay

Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language

Roxane Gay

1 hour • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0shorshewitch's review
nonfiction essays emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Ma is Scared and other short stories by Anjali Kajal

Ma is Scared and other short stories

Anjali Kajal

154 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0shorshewitch's review
fiction short stories informative reflective medium-paced
To Hell With Poets by Baqytgul Sarmekova

To Hell With Poets

Baqytgul Sarmekova

112 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0shorshewitch's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono

La Bastarda

Trifonia Melibea Obono

104 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0shorshewitch's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Frida's Bed by Slavenka Drakulić

Frida's Bed

Slavenka Drakulić

162 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

4.0shorshewitch's review
fiction art historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

Thirteen Months of Sunrise

Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

80 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

4.0shorshewitch's review
fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced