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Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner

Everywhere I Look

Helen Garner

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Mira Jacob

358 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

319 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Michelle McNamara

328 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

Sarah Krasnostein

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
nonfiction biography crime memoir psychology sociology emotional medium-paced
The Speechwriter by Martin McKenzie-Murray

The Speechwriter

Martin McKenzie-Murray

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
fiction politics speculative fiction challenging dark funny medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
New Animal by Ella Baxter

New Animal

Ella Baxter

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0keepingupwiththepenguins's review
fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced