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71 books

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

372 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Book of Secrets by Kate Morrison

A Book of Secrets

Kate Morrison

324 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

278 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

434 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction historical literary challenging emotional medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

5 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

The Mirror and the Light

Thomas Cromwell #3

Hilary Mantel

883 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark informative slow-paced
Charlotte Brontë: A Life by Claire Harman

Charlotte Brontë: A Life

Claire Harman

464 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In search of black history with Bonnie Greer by Bonnie Greer

In search of black history with Bonnie Greer

Bonnie Greer

6 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

496 pages • first pub 1891 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction classics literary romance dark emotional sad slow-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

165 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0the_freya's review
fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced