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75 books

Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie

Joseph Anton

Salman Rushdie

636 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction biography memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The Patch by John McPhee

The Patch

John McPhee

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports informative slow-paced
24 hours by Greg Iles

24 hours

Mississippi #2

Greg Iles

448 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman

Watch on the Rhine

Lillian Hellman

182 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction play challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kibogo by Scholastique Mukasonga

Kibogo

Scholastique Mukasonga

152 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction historical religion dark mysterious fast-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan

Saving Fish from Drowning

Amy Tan

496 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Zora Neale Hurston

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

James Baldwin

208 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race reflective slow-paced
Birdie by Tracey Lindberg

Birdie

Tracey Lindberg

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0lafate's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced