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Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

128 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
fiction classics literary race emotional reflective tense medium-paced
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes

missing duration info • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah E. Lipstadt

History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier

Deborah E. Lipstadt

346 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction history memoir reflective slow-paced
The New Testament by Jericho Brown

The New Testament

Jericho Brown

110 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry reflective slow-paced
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus

The Perseverance

Raymond Antrobus

91 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Autobiography of a Face

Lucy Grealy

256 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

319 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Vertigo & Ghost by Fiona Benson

Vertigo & Ghost

Fiona Benson

93 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Little Snake by A.L. Kennedy

The Little Snake

A.L. Kennedy

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
fiction fantasy magical realism emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced