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72 books

Galatea by Madeline Miller

Galatea

Madeline Miller

75 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
fiction fantasy literary short stories dark emotional sad fast-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
fiction dystopian literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

518 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

143 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit

Wayfarers #2

Becky Chambers

365 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

Record of a Spaceborn Few

Wayfarers #3

Becky Chambers

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0glennleb's review
fiction science fiction emotional hopeful 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)

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