Ria van Hengel

21 books

Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime by Stephen Batchelor

Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime

Buddhist Vision of the Sublime

Stephen Batchelor

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy poetry religion reflective slow-paced
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

The Wall

Marlen Haushofer

248 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Eric A. Blackall

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Eric A. Blackall

396 pages • first pub 1795 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales by

Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

Gothic Fantasy

480 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction short stories
The Emigrants by W.G. Sebald

The Emigrants

W.G. Sebald

240 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller

The Hunger Angel

Herta Müller

290 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Nowhere Ending Sky by Marlen Haushofer

Nowhere Ending Sky

Marlen Haushofer

188 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark reflective medium-paced
Suspicion by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Suspicion

The Inspector Bärlach Mysteries #2

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

96 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

132 pages • first pub 1883 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy challenging reflective relaxing slow-paced
Vertigo by W.G. Sebald

Vertigo

W.G. Sebald

263 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction literary memoir travel challenging reflective slow-paced