random_shoes's
2021
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

337 pages • paperback • 2012

3.75random_shoes's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #1

TJ Klune

398 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0random_shoes's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

310 pages • digital • 2020

3.75random_shoes's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0random_shoes's review
fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

333 pages • paperback • 2019

4.75random_shoes's review
nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera

The Transmigration of Bodies

Yuri Herrera

112 pages • paperback • 2013

4.0random_shoes's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear

Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation

Kyo Maclear

240 pages • hardcover • 2017

3.5random_shoes's review
nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by Jennifer Ackerman

The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think

Jennifer Ackerman

368 pages • hardcover • 2020

4.5random_shoes's review
nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin

The Killing Moon

Dreamblood #1

N.K. Jemisin

440 pages • paperback • 2012

5.0random_shoes's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • hardcover • 2016

4.0random_shoes's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced