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The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa

The Blue Between Sky and Water

Susan Abulhawa

293 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
We Won't Be Here Tomorrow: And Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy

We Won't Be Here Tomorrow: And Other Stories

Margaret Killjoy

248 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction lgbtqia+ short stories adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

13 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
Then He Sent Prophets by Mohamed Seif El Nasr, Mohamed Seif El Nasr

Then He Sent Prophets

Mohamed Seif El Nasr, Mohamed Seif El Nasr

248 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

Bill Schutt

357 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries by Greg Melville

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries

Greg Melville

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

Maria Smilios

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography health history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories by Ghassan Kanafani

Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories

Ghassan Kanafani

199 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical politics short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny

Mona Awad

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced