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253 books

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

5.0em_jay's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

52 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0em_jay's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

218 pages • first pub 1963 (editions) user-added

5.0em_jay's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Salt by Nayyirah Waheed

Salt

Nayyirah Waheed

303 pages • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

5.0em_jay's review
nonfiction feminism poetry emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
How Did This Happen?: Poems for the Not So Young Anymore by Elizabeth Ash Vélez, Mary D. Esselman
How Did This Happen?: Poems for the Not So Young Anymore
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Elizabeth Ash Vélez, Mary D. Esselman

How Did This Happen?: Poems for the Not So Young Anymore

Elizabeth Ash Vélez, Mary D. Esselman

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0em_jay's review
poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

66 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

5.0em_jay's review
nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0em_jay's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

320 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0em_jay's review
fiction classics fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere by Alison Walsh

A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere

Alison Walsh

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0em_jay's review
nonfiction informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0em_jay's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced