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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

363 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

336 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Goon Squad #1

Jennifer Egan

343 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Adrienne Brodeur

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
nonfiction memoir emotional fast-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Our Town

Thornton Wilder

208 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction classics play emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

11 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

Shark Heart: A Love Story

Emily Habeck

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Sabrina Imbler

263 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0elainemrhodes's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir race science emotional informative reflective medium-paced