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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay

No Matter the Wreckage

Sarah Kay

143 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

305 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

165 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction essays nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Ravi Somaiya

The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld

Ravi Somaiya

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction history politics true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel

The Last Animal

Ramona Ausubel

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
White Houses by Amy Bloom

White Houses

Amy Bloom

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective slow-paced
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America by Dahlia Lithwick

Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

Dahlia Lithwick

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
nonfiction gender politics informative reflective medium-paced
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

I Have Some Questions for You

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christinel's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced