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Decade 8
Any decade counts, as long as each prompt is a different decade.
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Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai

Salt Fish Girl

Larissa Lai

269 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas père

1276 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Prisoner's Wife by Asha Bandele

Prisoner's Wife

Asha Bandele

240 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

321 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

4 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Rehearsals for Living

Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Happiness, as Such by Natalia Ginzburg

Happiness, as Such

Natalia Ginzburg

176 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Recitatif

Toni Morrison

1 hour, 55 minutes • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary race short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells

The First Men in the Moon

H.G. Wells

213 pages • first pub 1901 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction reflective medium-paced