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25 books

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were

Imbolo Mbue

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

393 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
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

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert

319 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Babel: An Arcane History

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

341 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina

The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

Meg Medina

244 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0linyoo's review
fiction fantasy magical realism young adult mysterious medium-paced