Allyson Johnson

88 books

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were

Imbolo Mbue

364 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Hyperion

Hyperion Cantos #1

Dan Simmons

482 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People: Volvo by Alison Espach

In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People: Volvo

In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People #1

Alison Espach

47 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

The Keepers of the House

Shirley Ann Grau

320 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Kinning by Nisi Shawl

Kinning

Everfair #2

Nisi Shawl

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Letters From An Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Letters From An Astrophysicist

Neil deGrasse Tyson

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science informative reflective medium-paced
Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route

Saidiya Hartman

288 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts: essays by Ntozake Shange

lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts: essays

Ntozake Shange

160 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You by Peter Troy

May the Road Rise Up to Meet You

Peter Troy

400 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

182 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative slow-paced