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Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Greenhouses, Lighthouses by Tung-Hui Hu

Greenhouses, Lighthouses

Lannan Literary Selections

Tung-Hui Hu

67 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
nonfiction nature poetry reflective medium-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

18 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

On a Sunbeam

Tillie Walden

533 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time #1-7

Marcel Proust

4211 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Time Regained by Marcel Proust

Time Regained

In Search of Lost Time #7

Marcel Proust

749 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest

Hold Your Own

Kae Tempest

128 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler, Dan Kois

The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America

Isaac Butler, Dan Kois

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
nonfiction art history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

Andrea Lawlor

341 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gagne's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism adventurous funny reflective medium-paced