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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

292 pages • 2022 • 34 editions

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

231 pages • 2017 • 53 editions

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

Alexander Chee

288 pages • 2018 • 11 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Heads of the Colored People

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

224 pages • 2018 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride

291 pages • 1996 • 37 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective slow-paced
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Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris

Slave Play

Jeremy O. Harris

159 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

fiction play challenging dark tense fast-paced
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Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

Build Your House Around My Body

Violet Kupersmith

378 pages • 2021 • 16 editions

fiction horror literary magical realism dark mysterious medium-paced
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Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Death in Her Hands

Ottessa Moshfegh

259 pages • 2020 • 38 editions

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
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On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

On Juneteenth

Annette Gordon-Reed

128 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The Idiot by Elif Batuman

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The Idiot

Elif Batuman

423 pages • 2017 • 40 editions

fiction literary funny reflective slow-paced
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