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12 books

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

79 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Boulder by Eva Baltasar

Boulder

Eva Baltasar

105 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Time is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

85 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts

Han Kang

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara

Lunch Poems

City Lights Pocket Poets

Frank O'Hara

76 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
nonfiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami

224 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

183 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

Amy Jeffs

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time by Teju Cole

Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time

Teju Cole

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0apthompson's review
nonfiction art essays philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced