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65 books

Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

fiction contemporary dark slow-paced

240 pages | first published 2018

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

512 pages | first published 2015

Blueberries by Ellena Savage
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Blueberries

Ellena Savage

nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

256 pages | first published 2020

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

fiction literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced

289 pages | first published 2022

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung with Anton Hur (Translator)

fiction horror magical realism short stories speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

256 pages | first published 2017

In the Distance by Hernán Díaz

In the Distance

Hernán Díaz

fiction historical literary adventurous reflective slow-paced

240 pages | first published 2017

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

Thistlefoot

GennaRose Nethercott

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

435 pages | first published 2022

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

Soraya Chemaly

nonfiction essays feminism politics challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

364 pages | first published 2018

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

208 pages | first published 2020

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging dark medium-paced

194 pages | first published 2018