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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

213 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

336 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Radio Silence

Alice Oseman

474 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

350 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

409 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

359 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0hojichai's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced