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The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson

The True Deceiver

Tove Jansson

181 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
fiction literary reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Food We Eat, the Stories We Tell: Contemporary Appalachian Tables by

The Food We Eat, the Stories We Tell: Contemporary Appalachian Tables

New Approaches to Appalachian Studies

218 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
nonfiction food and drink science sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Your Art Will Save Your Life by Beth Pickens

Your Art Will Save Your Life

Beth Pickens

136 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
nonfiction art feminism self help emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer

Fog Magic

Julia L. Sauer

107 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
fiction fantasy middle grade mysterious slow-paced
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

448 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
fiction classics romance thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

The Summer Book

Tove Jansson

172 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
fiction classics literary lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor

The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor

555 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
fiction classics short stories adventurous dark slow-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0birth_mark's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced