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58 books

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Oh William!

Amgash #3

Elizabeth Strout

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

1 hour, 27 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

96 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. My Father Bleeds History

Maus #1

Art Spiegelman

159 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
nonfiction comics graphic novel history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Love in the Library

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

40 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
fiction childrens historical emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

162 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

170 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

119 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kathshiroma's review
nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced