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44 books

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

The Office of Historical Corrections

Danielle Evans

269 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine

Dearborn

Ghassan Zeineddine

229 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Heads of the Colored People

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

Another Brooklyn

Jacqueline Woodson

192 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Difficult Women

Roxane Gay

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Erasure by Percival Everett

Erasure

Percival Everett

265 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction literary challenging funny reflective medium-paced
The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir

The Inseparables

Simone de Beauvoir

148 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Farthest Shore

Earthsea Cycle #3

Ursula K. Le Guin

261 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction classics fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

The Book of Goose

Yiyun Li

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0janson's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced