Helga Pfetsch

7 books

The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich

The Beet Queen

Love Medicine #2

Louise Erdrich

368 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

324 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Jazz by Toni Morrison

Jazz

Beloved Trilogy #2

Toni Morrison

229 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

104 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
White Noise by Don DeLillo

White Noise

Don DeLillo

384 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark funny reflective slow-paced