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Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

527 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

66 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story

Emily Henry

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty

Ling Ling Huang

268 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

180 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

He Who Drowned the World

The Radiant Emperor Duology #2

Shelley Parker-Chan

484 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

10 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

226 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0bripadilla's review
fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced