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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

226 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0danteandvirgil's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

382 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0danteandvirgil's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Distancia de rescate by Samanta Schweblin

Distancia de rescate

Samanta Schweblin

128 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0danteandvirgil's review
fiction horror literary dark mysterious tense fast-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

417 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0danteandvirgil's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

204 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0danteandvirgil's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced