Damià Alou

18 books

The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Le Guin by Harold Bloom, David Mikics

The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Le Guin

Harold Bloom, David Mikics

500 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging reflective slow-paced
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

Beyond Black

Hilary Mantel

432 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy horror dark slow-paced
The Book of Jonah by Joshua Max Feldman

The Book of Jonah

Joshua Max Feldman

337 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction religion emotional slow-paced
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark tense slow-paced
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks

326 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative medium-paced
Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmission Through Myth by Giorgio de Santillana, Hertha Von Dechend

Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmission Through Myth

Giorgio de Santillana, Hertha Von Dechend

450 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Little Criminals by Gene Kerrigan

Little Criminals

Gene Kerrigan

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

Nobody Is Ever Missing

Catherine Lacey

244 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective slow-paced
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson

On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

Maggie Nelson

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy politics reflective medium-paced
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster

Sylvia's Lovers

Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster

484 pages • first pub 1863 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced