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137 books

Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck

Visitation

Jenny Erpenbeck

192 pages • first pub 2008 (editions) user-added

5.0carabones's review
fiction historical reflective slow-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David Quammen

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions

David Quammen

702 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door

Magda Szabó

262 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

21 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
fiction historical literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Wild Life by Molly Gloss

Wild Life

Molly Gloss

336 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0carabones's review
fiction fantasy historical science fiction challenging reflective slow-paced