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252 books

Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada

Alone in Berlin

Hans Fallada

568 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
fiction classics dark emotional sad slow-paced
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

6 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Widow Basquiat: A Love Story by Jennifer Clement

Widow Basquiat: A Love Story

Jennifer Clement

186 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction art biography memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

309 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

Don't Call Us Dead

Danez Smith

96 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

The Road to Wigan Pier

George Orwell

224 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction classics history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

448 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Thing Around Your Neck

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

218 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
The Flight by Gaito Gazdanov

The Flight

Gaito Gazdanov

224 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

5.0jaymoran's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced