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221 books

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Difficult Women

Roxane Gay

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

342 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

304 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction classics historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

197 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Cowardly Woman No More by Ellen Cooney

A Cowardly Woman No More

Ellen Cooney

232 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction contemporary reflective tense slow-paced
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker

October in the Earth

Olivia Hawker

310 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 by Zusha Elinson, Cameron McWhirter

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15

Zusha Elinson, Cameron McWhirter

473 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
nonfiction history dark informative sad medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

213 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0musubi_mama's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced