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53 books

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

What Strange Paradise

Omar El Akkad

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

5 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction dystopian literary dark reflective medium-paced
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Mornings in Jenin

Susan Abulhawa

331 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria

A Lot Like Adiós

Primas of Power #2

Alexis Daria

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

288 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Dust Child

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

339 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Round House

Louise Erdrich

321 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction historical literary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel

Jason Reynolds

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0literarylaila's review
fiction graphic novel young adult adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
No Escape: A Uyghur's Story of Oppression, Genocide, and China's Digital Dictatorship by Nury Turkel

No Escape: A Uyghur's Story of Oppression, Genocide, and China's Digital Dictatorship

Nury Turkel

9 hours, 29 minutes • missing pub info (editions) user-added

5.0literarylaila's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced