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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
nonfiction art essays feminism memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

A Half-Built Garden

Ruthanna Emrys

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer

Monstress #36-41

Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

173 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
fiction comics fantasy science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

Witches Steeped in Gold

Witches Steeped in Gold #1

Ciannon Smart

533 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
The Big Blowdown by George Pelecanos

The Big Blowdown

D.C. Quartet #1

George Pelecanos

320 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

169 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen

Niels Lyhne

Jens Peter Jacobsen

187 pages • first pub 1880 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Heroes and Saints and Other Plays: Giving Up the Ghost, Shadow of a Man, Heroes and Saints by Cherríe Moraga

Heroes and Saints and Other Plays: Giving Up the Ghost, Shadow of a Man, Heroes and Saints

Cherríe Moraga

149 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
fiction play reflective slow-paced
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'Connor

Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Flannery O'Connor

256 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0greyscarf's review
nonfiction essays informative reflective slow-paced