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241 books

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Warsan Shire

80 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

79 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

Heaven

Mieko Kawakami

167 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux

A Man's Place

Annie Ernaux

80 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Warsan Shire

38 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
nonfiction feminism poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #9

Philippa Gregory

532 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
fiction historical romance informative mysterious slow-paced
Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende

Portrait in Sepia

Del Valle Family #2

Isabel Allende

336 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
fiction historical romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende

Of Love and Shadows

Isabel Allende

304 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0ajezio's review
fiction magical realism romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced