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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

8 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

The Unmaking of June Farrow

Adrienne Young

10 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction magical realism mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

312 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction fantasy dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

216 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

201 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation

Southern Reach #1

Jeff VanderMeer

195 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu

Stay True: A Memoir

Hua Hsu

196 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

5.0sydbenda's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King

Crowns of Nyaxia #2

Carissa Broadbent

626 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen

The End of Drum-Time

Hanna Pylväinen

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

460 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0sydbenda's review
fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced