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34 books

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

417 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

320 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door

TJ Klune

401 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

5.0whittaker's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

343 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

377 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

163 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm and 1984

George Orwell

393 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley

340 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0whittaker's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective slow-paced