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The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector

96 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine by Joan Peters

From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine

Joan Peters

601 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown by Gerri Hirshey

Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown

Gerri Hirshey

500 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Daniel Okrent

468 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics adventurous medium-paced
Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud by David Dayen

Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud

David Dayen

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics informative medium-paced
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Bunny by Mona Awad

Bunny

Mona Awad

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women

Naomi Wolf

348 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction feminism informative reflective slow-paced
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Hell Bent

Alex Stern #2

Leigh Bardugo

481 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror mystery thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

The Wishing Game

Meg Shaffer

286 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

342 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home by Gina DeMillo Wagner

Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home

Gina DeMillo Wagner

316 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction literary memoir nature emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di Zhang

The Light of Eternal Spring

Angel Di Zhang

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced