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Life After God by Douglas Coupland

Life After God

Douglas Coupland

368 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors by Valerie Luu, Andria Lo

Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors

Valerie Luu, Andria Lo

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction art emotional reflective medium-paced
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

Esau McCaulley

198 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

R.F. Kuang

675 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

223 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

The Stationery Shop

Marjan Kamali

312 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional medium-paced
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
fiction literary poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit

Wayfarers #2

Becky Chambers

365 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0vanreads's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced