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173 books

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss

Edmund de Waal

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction art biography history reflective slow-paced
The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

The Vinegar Works #1

Edward Gorey

32 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction horror dark funny fast-paced
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince by Jane Ridley

The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

Jane Ridley

752 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction biography history funny informative slow-paced
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

176 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Making Medieval Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel

Making Medieval Manuscripts

Christopher de Hamel

176 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction art history informative lighthearted medium-paced
Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West by Julian Smith, David Wolman

Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West

Julian Smith, David Wolman

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
nonfiction historical history sports adventurous medium-paced
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for by Alison Bechdel

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for

Dykes to Watch Out For

Alison Bechdel

404 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction comics lgbtqia+ emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

14 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional medium-paced
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

242 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

320 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0marginaliant's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced