gracecooper's 5reads

28 books

What It Feels Like for a Girl by Paris Lees

What It Feels Like for a Girl

Paris Lees

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir emotional medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2021

Bargain Bin Rom-Com by Leena Norms

Bargain Bin Rom-Com

Leena Norms

nonfiction poetry funny lighthearted medium-paced

71 pages | first published 2022

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Insider's Edition) by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Insider's Edition)

Anthony Bourdain

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced

362 pages | first published 2000

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman with Henning Koch (Translator)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

337 pages | first published 2012

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced

258 pages | first published 1989

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

448 pages | first published 2020

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced

208 pages | first published 1925

1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

294 pages | first published 1949

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

fiction classics dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced

192 pages | first published 1954

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

324 pages | first published 1985