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Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Beartown

Beartown #1

Fredrik Backman

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
fiction contemporary literary sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir, Christiane Amanpour

Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Zahra Hankir, Christiane Amanpour

300 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

432 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

433 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

481 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith

Intimations: Six Essays

Zadie Smith

82 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

Sally Rooney

284 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1

Alexander McCall Smith

240 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0sharkybookshelf's review
fiction crime mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

388 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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