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The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The Fox Wife

Yangsze Choo

388 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
fiction fantasy historical literary speculative fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

And Then She Fell

Alicia Elliott

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
fiction horror literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Sabrina Imbler

263 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir race science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi

Vaishnavi Patel

490 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa

The Goodbye Cat

Hiro Arikawa

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional sad medium-paced
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

Mona Chollet

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa

Night of the Dragon

Shadow of the Fox #3

Julie Kagawa

432 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America by Linda Furiya

Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America

Linda Furiya

307 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction memoir informative lighthearted slow-paced
Japanese Folktales: Classic Stories from Japan's Enchanted Past by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Japanese Folktales: Classic Stories from Japan's Enchanted Past

Yei Theodora Ozaki

256 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward

333 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jessicas_bookshelf's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced