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62 books

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

465 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

Almond

Won-pyung Sohn

259 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

255 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction literary science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

336 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

381 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

527 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0lunabean's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced