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Childish Literature by Alejandro Zambra

Childish Literature

Alejandro Zambra

205 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
fiction literary emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

528 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
nonfiction biography feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk

416 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
fiction literary magical realism short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates by Katie Barnes

Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates

Katie Barnes

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ sports informative medium-paced
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

211 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories by Mariana Enríquez

A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories

Mariana Enríquez

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
fiction horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Evan Friss

403 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
nonfiction business history hopeful informative medium-paced
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Hiromi Kawakami

283 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Illiterate by Gabriel Josipovici, Nina Bogin, Ágota Kristóf

The Illiterate

Gabriel Josipovici, Nina Bogin, Ágota Kristóf

58 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0jdscott50's review
nonfiction autobiography biography reflective slow-paced