Manik Sarkar

25 books

Parfums: A Catalogue of Remembered Smells by Philippe Claudel

Parfums: A Catalogue of Remembered Smells

Philippe Claudel

176 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky

Suite Francaise

Irène Némirovsky

431 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction classics historical sad slow-paced
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche, Patricia Claxton

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali

Gil Courtemanche, Patricia Claxton

272 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker

The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair

Marcus Goldman #1

Joël Dicker

643 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The World, the Lizard and Me by Gil Courtemanche

The World, the Lizard and Me

Gil Courtemanche

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Zabor, or the Psalms by Kamel Daoud

Zabor, or the Psalms

Kamel Daoud

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction magical realism reflective medium-paced
Anatomy of a Disappearance by Hisham Matar

Anatomy of a Disappearance

Hisham Matar

224 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

685 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
De spiegel van het westen by Jean Louis Vullierme

De spiegel van het westen

Jean Louis Vullierme

512 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
Dog Island by Philippe Claudel

Dog Island

Philippe Claudel

203 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced