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Florida by Lauren Groff

Florida

Lauren Groff

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

The Yearling

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

528 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0jemsizzleton's review
fiction classics young adult adventurous slow-paced
Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez

Strange Pilgrims

Gabriel García Márquez

188 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0jemsizzleton's review
fiction magical realism short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jemsizzleton's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Goon Squad #1

Jennifer Egan

273 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jemsizzleton's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

154 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jemsizzleton's review
nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

572 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0jemsizzleton's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-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
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

247 pages • first pub 1597 (editions)

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fiction classics play romance emotional sad medium-paced