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Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

658 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Adam Kay

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

229 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

372 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Lewis Herman

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Judith Lewis Herman

326 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
nonfiction feminism health psychology challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

A Dead Djinn in Cairo

The Dead Djinn Universe #0.5

P. Djèlí Clark

47 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction fantasy historical mystery short stories adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings #1

J.R.R. Tolkien

398 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

Sorrow and Bliss

Meg Mason

346 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0peripetia's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced