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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexiévich

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

Voices of Utopia #1

Svetlana Alexiévich

381 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
nonfiction history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

Frances FitzGerald

512 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0kq5's review
nonfiction history politics dark slow-paced
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Shaun Tan

96 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
fiction fantasy graphic novel short stories adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver

Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Raymond Carver

181 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
fiction classics literary short stories reflective sad slow-paced
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

373 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Endless Field by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư

Endless Field

Nguyễn Ngọc Tư

102 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Spores by Joshua Barkman

Spores

Joshua Barkman

88 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
fiction comics graphic novel nature short stories funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Sorrow Of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bảo Ninh

The Sorrow Of War: A Novel of North Vietnam

Bảo Ninh

233 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
nonfiction historical literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
Big Breasts and Wide Hips by Mo Yan

Big Breasts and Wide Hips

丰乳肥臀

Mo Yan

552 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

The Story of the Lost Child

The Neapolitan Novels #4

Elena Ferrante

473 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kq5's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced