random_shoes's
2021
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2015

4.5random_shoes's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell

The Circus Rose

Betsy Cornwell

288 pages • hardcover • 2020

4.75random_shoes's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous medium-paced
A Universe of Wishes by Natalie C. Parker, Mark Oshiro, Samira Ahmed, Dhonielle Clayton, Tara Sim, Jenni Balch, Zoraida Córdova, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nic Stone, V.E. Schwab, Anna-Marie McLemore, Libba Bray, Tochi Onyebuchi, Tessa Gratton

A Universe of Wishes

Natalie C. Parker, Mark Oshiro, Samira Ahmed, Dhonielle Clayton, Tara Sim, Jenni Balch, Zoraida Córdova, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nic Stone, V.E. Schwab, Anna-Marie McLemore, Libba Bray, Tochi Onyebuchi, Tessa Gratton

393 pages • hardcover • 2020

4.75random_shoes's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories young adult adventurous fast-paced
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

256 pages • paperback • 1997

4.75random_shoes's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative tense medium-paced
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Thursday Murder Club

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1

Richard Osman

388 pages • digital • 2020

4.0random_shoes's review
fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

268 pages • paperback • 2009

3.75random_shoes's review
fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes #1

Sabaa Tahir

446 pages • paperback • 2015

4.25random_shoes's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

Meddling Kids

Edgar Cantero

336 pages • hardcover • 2017

4.5random_shoes's review
fiction fantasy horror mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir by Hari Ziyad

Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir

Hari Ziyad

314 pages • digital • 2021

3.5random_shoes's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • hardcover • 2020

4.25random_shoes's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced