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245 books

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

188 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro

The Queen of the Cicadas

V. Castro

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious medium-paced
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Shokoofeh Azar

268 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

The Lorax

Dr. Seuss

72 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction childrens classics adventurous medium-paced
Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss

Horton Hears a Who!

Horton the Elephant

Dr. Seuss

64 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction childrens classics adventurous medium-paced
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

93 pages • first pub 1911 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction classics dark emotional sad medium-paced
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Harriet A. Washington

501 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
nonfiction health history race science challenging informative slow-paced
No Man's Land by A.J. Fitzwater

No Man's Land

A.J. Fitzwater

154 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0octavia_cade's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced