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23 books

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

The Hounding

Xenobe Purvis

240 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
fiction historical literary
She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark

She's Always Hungry

Eliza Clark

240 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
fiction horror short stories speculative fiction dark funny fast-paced
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson

Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class

Rob Henderson

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
We the Animals by Justin Torres

We the Animals

Justin Torres

128 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Monstrum by Lottie Mills

Monstrum

Lottie Mills

241 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
fiction horror short stories dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna

Evenings & Weekends

Oisín McKenna

344 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Catherine Gildiner

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
nonfiction psychology challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle

We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

Erin Kimmerle

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0elsphippard's review
nonfiction history true crime challenging dark informative medium-paced