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26 books

Pounamu Pounamu by Witi Ihimaera

Pounamu Pounamu

Witi Ihimaera

252 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction short stories funny reflective slow-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora?: The Story of a Mass Rape by Samreen Mushtaq, Essar Batool, Natasha Rather

Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora?: The Story of a Mass Rape

Samreen Mushtaq, Essar Batool, Natasha Rather

180 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender emotional slow-paced
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by Mamadou Kouyaté

Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali

Mamadou Kouyaté

101 pages • first pub 1255 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Island of Bewilderment: A Novel of Modern Iran by Simin Daneshvar
Island of Bewilderment: A Novel of Modern Iran
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Simin Daneshvar

Island of Bewilderment: A Novel of Modern Iran

Simin Daneshvar

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

emotional reflective medium-paced
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Mona Eltahawy

216 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan by Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Zaure Batayeva

Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan

Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Zaure Batayeva

296 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories dark reflective slow-paced
Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks by Boubacar Boris Diop

Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks

Boubacar Boris Diop

328 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Decolonial Feminism by Françoise Vergès

A Decolonial Feminism

Françoise Vergès

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective slow-paced