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106 books

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

A Memory Called Empire

Teixcalaan #1

Arkady Martine

462 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

342 pages • first pub 1987 (editions) user-added

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

The Flatshare

The Flatshare #1

Beth O'Leary

9 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

Queen of Shadows

Throne of Glass #4

Sarah J. Maas

648 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

Here We Go Again

Alison Cochrun

358 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny sad medium-paced
Antenora by Dori Lumpkin

Antenora

Dori Lumpkin

134 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction horror dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri

Translating Myself and Others

Jhumpa Lahiri

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
nonfiction essays memoir informative reflective medium-paced
Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story

Emily Henry

387 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

432 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong

8 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0plainsjane's review
nonfiction essays sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced