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Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

312 pages • 2017 • 20 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
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Before the Mango Ripens by Afabwaje Kurian

Before the Mango Ripens

Afabwaje Kurian

338 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

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fiction historical race religion
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Devil Is Fine by John Vercher

Devil Is Fine

John Vercher

272 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction literary medium-paced
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Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Water Moon

Samantha Sotto Yambao

374 pages • 2025 • 36 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
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消失的孩子 by Elena Ferrante

The Neapolitan Novels #4

消失的孩子

Elena Ferrante

480 pages • 2014 • 130 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within by Alishia McCullough

Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within

Alishia McCullough

352 pages • 2025 • 5 editions

nonfiction race self help medium-paced
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Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya

Bibliophobia: A Memoir

Sarah Chihaya

224 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

400 pages • 1978 • 56 editions

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

The Dream Hotel

Laila Lalami

322 pages • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • 2021 • 67 editions

nonfiction essays memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
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