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The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

The Joys of Motherhood

Buchi Emecheta

224 pages • 1979 • 20 editions

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Wellness by Nathan Hill

Wellness

Nathan Hill

624 pages • 2023 • 41 editions

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

428 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging dark informative medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home by Lauren Kessler

Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home

Lauren Kessler

320 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction biography short stories dark emotional reflective slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Khirbet Khizeh by S. Yizhar

Khirbet Khizeh

S. Yizhar

144 pages • 1949 • 8 editions

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

Suicide Notes #1

Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

295 pages • 2008 • 16 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult dark medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The Lover: A Novel by Rebecca Sacks

The Lover: A Novel

Rebecca Sacks

288 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

fiction literary romance challenging emotional sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata

A Woman of Pleasure

Kiyoko Murata

309 pages • 2013 • 9 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

The River We Remember

William Kent Krueger

421 pages • 2023 • 10 editions

fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Difficult Women

Roxane Gay

272 pages • 2017 • 18 editions

fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
5.0 j_wx's review