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128 books

Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

Idlewild

James Frankie Thomas

12 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley

Grief is for People

Sloane Crosley

5 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

206 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

329 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

126 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

119 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

Land of Milk and Honey

C Pam Zhang

232 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0mmccombs's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced