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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

519 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

640 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Test by Sylvain Neuvel

The Test

Sylvain Neuvel

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction dystopian challenging dark emotional fast-paced
S.: A Novel about the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulić

S.: A Novel about the Balkans

Slavenka Drakulić

201 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling

Leila Mottley

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams Bianco

The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real

Margery Williams Bianco

40 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

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fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper

The Daevabad Trilogy #2

S.A. Chakraborty

625 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Great Circle

Maggie Shipstead

593 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced