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25 books

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

380 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0kristareads's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

21 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

16 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

3 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

14 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
fiction dystopian literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Amina al-Sirafi #1

S.A. Chakraborty

16 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

7 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

448 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

7 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0kristareads's review
nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced