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40 books

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

Jason Reynolds

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction middle grade short stories emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Wicked

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

495 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark slow-paced
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

608 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
fiction historical literary science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

291 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter

Unprotected: A Memoir

Billy Porter

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0drnaynay's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced