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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

771 pages • 2013 • 127 editions

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

5h 44m • 2017 • 14 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
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Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

5h 5m • 1955 • 58 editions

nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

15h 55m • 2023 • 41 editions

nonfiction feminism history science informative medium-paced
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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

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Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry

858 pages • 1985 • 56 editions

fiction classics historical literary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

2h 25m • 1963 • 77 editions

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • 2015 • 194 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
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When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973 by Leslie J. Reagan

When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973

Leslie J. Reagan

13h 15m • 1996 • 5 editions

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nonfiction feminism history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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Weyward by Emilia Hart

Weyward

Emilia Hart

329 pages • 2023 • 98 editions

fiction historical literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
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Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

5h 17m • 2017 • 18 editions

fiction middle grade inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
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