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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Voices of Utopia #4

Svetlana Alexiévich

240 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate #1

Laura Esquivel

246 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction historical magical realism romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

207 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction literary science fiction inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I by Robert A. Caro

The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I

The Years of Lyndon Johnson #1

Robert A. Caro

882 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut

The MANIAC

Benjamín Labatut

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

357 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

645 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

548 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction contemporary fantasy literary science fiction challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

92 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0littoral's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced