Oxfam Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by annrhub

September: A Prize Winner
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

318 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-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

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Across the Mekong River by Elaine Russell

Across the Mekong River

Elaine Russell

262 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

183 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

260 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark tense slow-paced
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

448 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Union of Synchronised Swimmers by Cristina Sandu

The Union of Synchronised Swimmers

Cristina Sandu

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional medium-paced
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

550 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Pine by Francine Toon

Pine

Francine Toon

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced