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19 books

Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy

Lasagna Means I Love You

Kate O'Shaughnessy

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Boulder by Eva Baltasar

Boulder

Eva Baltasar

105 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo

371 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Stephen M. Hart

García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada

Stephen M. Hart

89 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Jinni

The Golem and the Jinni #1

Helene Wecker

486 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Cien Cuyes by Gustavo Rodríguez
Cien Cuyes
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Gustavo Rodríguez

Cien Cuyes

Gustavo Rodríguez

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction contemporary philosophy sociology
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

350 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell

The Shape of Darkness

Laura Purcell

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
fiction historical horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Acts of Resistance During World War II by Tamiko Nimura, Frank Abe

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Acts of Resistance During World War II

Tamiko Nimura, Frank Abe

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0readingthebacklist's review
nonfiction graphic novel history informative reflective medium-paced