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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

359 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
fiction classics literary emotional sad medium-paced
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout

A House in the Sky

Amanda Lindhout

373 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
nonfiction biography memoir travel challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Plague by Albert Camus

The Plague

Albert Camus

238 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

398 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard

The Boys of My Youth

Jo Ann Beard

224 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
nonfiction essays memoir short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou

Gather Together in My Name

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #2

Maya Angelou

224 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
nonfiction autobiography challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious medium-paced
Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say by Kelly Corrigan

Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

Kelly Corrigan

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

194 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katemackin's review
fiction horror short stories speculative fiction challenging dark medium-paced