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25 books

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

Autobiography of Red

Red #1

Anne Carson

149 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary poetry reflective slow-paced
Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough

Long Lankin

Long Lankin #1

Lindsey Barraclough

464 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
fiction horror mystery young adult dark mysterious tense slow-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Anki Essentials by Alex Vermeer

Anki Essentials

Alex Vermeer

120 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
nonfiction self help informative slow-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Barbara Oakley

316 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
nonfiction psychology science self help reflective medium-paced
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

David Eagleman

290 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
We the Interwoven: An Anthology of Bicultural Iowa by Sadagat Aliyena, Chuy Renteria, Andrea Wilson, Melissa Palma

We the Interwoven: An Anthology of Bicultural Iowa

Sadagat Aliyena, Chuy Renteria, Andrea Wilson, Melissa Palma

142 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
nonfiction emotional reflective medium-paced
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

338 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
...I Never Saw Another Butterfly... by Hana Volavková, Chaim Potok, Václav Havel

...I Never Saw Another Butterfly...

Hana Volavková, Chaim Potok, Václav Havel

128 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0elisanisly's review
nonfiction history poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced