random_shoes's
2021
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

319 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0random_shoes's review
nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid

222 pages • paperback • 2013

2.25random_shoes's review
fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

Alexander Chee

288 pages • paperback • 2018

4.75random_shoes's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

228 pages • paperback • 2020

4.25random_shoes's review
nonfiction biography memoir nature science informative reflective medium-paced
Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb

Whose Names Are Unknown

Sanora Babb

222 pages • paperback • 2004

3.0random_shoes's review
fiction literary adventurous sad slow-paced
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

Anne Fadiman

162 pages • digital • 1998

4.75random_shoes's review
nonfiction essays memoir lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

Universal Harvester

John Darnielle

214 pages • hardcover • 2017

3.75random_shoes's review
fiction literary mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

320 pages • digital • 2020

3.75random_shoes's review
fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries

Witchy

Witchy #1

Ariel Slamet Ries

253 pages • paperback • 2019

5.0random_shoes's review
fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0random_shoes's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced