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Doing Time by Jodi Taylor

Doing Time

The Time Police #1

Jodi Taylor

480 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction fantasy historical science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw

106 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious medium-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna

How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind

Regan Penaluna

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
nonfiction feminism memoir philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

283 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

I Must Betray You

Ruta Sepetys

317 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction historical young adult emotional informative tense fast-paced
The House of the Dead and Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The House of the Dead and Poor Folk

Fyodor Dostoevsky

480 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Dancer by Colum McCann

Dancer

Colum McCann

336 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems

Edgar Allan Poe

1020 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
fiction classics horror poetry dark tense medium-paced
The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes

The Death of the Author

Roland Barthes

7 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0oryx's review
nonfiction essays philosophy reflective slow-paced