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The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

The Dream Hotel

Laila Lalami

322 pages • hardcover • 2025

4.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift

Namwali Serpell

567 pages • paperback • 2019

3.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction historical literary magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
No Less Strange Or Wonderful: Essays in Curiosity by A. Kendra Greene

No Less Strange Or Wonderful: Essays in Curiosity

A. Kendra Greene

286 pages • hardcover • 2025

3.25sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction essays memoir nature adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-paced
The Vela: The Complete Season 1 by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang

The Vela: The Complete Season 1

The Vela #1

Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang

12 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2019

3.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous fast-paced
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Unconsoled

Kazuo Ishiguro

535 pages • hardcover • 1995

3.75sittingwishingreading's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham

And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

Jon Meacham

17 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2022 user-added

3.5sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Girls That Never Die by Safia Elhillo

Girls That Never Die

Safia Elhillo

125 pages • paperback • 2022

4.75sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction feminism poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

Perfection

Vincenzo Latronico

115 pages • paperback • 2022

4.75sittingwishingreading's review
fiction contemporary reflective fast-paced
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

4 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 1845

sittingwishingreading's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories by Zahid Rafiq

The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories

Zahid Rafiq

177 pages • paperback • 2024

4.0sittingwishingreading's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced