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96 books

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

864 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Intermezzo

Sally Rooney

454 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Once & Future Witch Hunt: A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present by Alice Markham-Cantor

The Once & Future Witch Hunt: A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present

Alice Markham-Cantor

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction history
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

Jade Legacy

The Green Bone Saga #3

Fonda Lee

736 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Tremor by Teju Cole

Tremor

Teju Cole

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” by Héctor Tobar

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”

Héctor Tobar

244 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction essays history memoir politics race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Nothing Personal: An Essay by James Baldwin

Nothing Personal: An Essay

James Baldwin

104 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction essays politics race informative reflective fast-paced
House of Odysseus by Claire North

House of Odysseus

The Songs of Penelope #2

Claire North

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution

Tania Branigan

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced