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49 books

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

Tokyo Ueno Station

Yu Miri

197 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-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)

5.0kgierz's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir race science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Rosebud by Paul Cornell

Rosebud

Paul Cornell

112 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

My Body

Emily Ratajkowski

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux

Look at the Lights, My Love

Annie Ernaux

96 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
nonfiction essays literary memoir informative reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

318 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0kgierz's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced