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17 books

Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky

Poor Deer

Claire Oshetsky

226 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0root's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0root's review
fiction literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective 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

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0root's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0root's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0root's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Generation Exile: The Lives I Leave Behind by Rodrigo Dorfman

Generation Exile: The Lives I Leave Behind

Rodrigo Dorfman

194 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0root's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir
1919 by Eve L. Ewing

1919

Eve L. Ewing

88 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0root's review
nonfiction history poetry race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0root's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. by Noor Hindi

Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

Noor Hindi

66 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0root's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0root's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced