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16 books

I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

I Am Not Jessica Chen

Ann Liang

320 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
fiction contemporary magical realism young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

354 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA by Jesse Katz

The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA

Jesse Katz

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
nonfiction politics race true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stoner by John Williams

Stoner

John Williams

278 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung

Your Utopia: Stories

Bora Chung

242 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
fiction horror short stories speculative fiction adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
nonfiction essays memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress

Sirens & Muses

Antonia Angress

354 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity by Christian G. Appy

American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity

Christian G. Appy

missing duration info • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts

Han Kang

226 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0oosij's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced