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The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

The Swimmers

Julie Otsuka

176 pages • 2022 • 36 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
The Faraway World by Patricia Engel

The Faraway World

Patricia Engel

6h 59m • 2023 • 5 editions

fiction literary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

Symphony of Secrets

Brendan Slocumb

448 pages • 2023 • 12 editions

fiction historical literary thriller challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
半生緣【張愛玲百歲誕辰紀念版】 by 張愛玲

半生緣【張愛玲百歲誕辰紀念版】

張愛玲

351 pages • 1948 • 15 editions

fiction classics romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

7h 33m • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction race sociology true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

Almond

Won-pyung Sohn

259 pages • 2016 • 90 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever by Eddie Ndopu

Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever

Eddie Ndopu

288 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong

8h 2m • 2020 • 12 editions

nonfiction essays sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

385 pages • 2023 • 36 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review
Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang

Tomb Sweeping

Alexandra Chang

239 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 ambershelf's review