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38 books

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

176 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Rouge by Mona Awad

Rouge

Mona Awad

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

Almond

Won-pyung Sohn

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

Lizzy Goodman

640 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Carrie Soto Is Back

Taylor Jenkins Reid

369 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
fiction literary emotional inspiring medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

14 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Killingly by Katharine Beutner

Killingly

Katharine Beutner

360 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ mystery dark emotional sad slow-paced
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

326 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bigbooklover69's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced