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The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

The Shadow King

Maaza Mengiste

448 pages • digital • 2019

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark emotional slow-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

528 pages • digital • 1943

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction classics literary young adult emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

The Girl With All the Gifts

The Girl With All the Gifts #1

M.R. Carey

408 pages • digital • 2014

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction dystopian adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Sweet Tooth Compendium by Jeff Lemire

Sweet Tooth Compendium

Sweet Tooth #1-6

Jeff Lemire

920 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction dystopian graphic novel science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

416 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)

Tess Sharpe

374 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

304 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0reese_the_reader's review
nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Of Women and Salt

Gabriela Garcia

224 pages • digital • 2021

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

The Henna Wars

Adiba Jaigirdar

389 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

The Girls I've Been

The Girls I've Been #1

Tess Sharpe

368 pages • digital • 2021

5.0reese_the_reader's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional tense fast-paced