Cristiana Mennella

40 books

Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara

Gorilla, My Love

Toni Cade Bambara

192 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders

In Persuasion Nation

George Saunders

228 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction short stories funny reflective medium-paced
Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music by James Rhodes

Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music

James Rhodes

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

The Invisible Bridge

Julie Orringer

762 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Mara and Dann: An Adventure by Doris Lessing

Mara and Dann: An Adventure

Mara and Dann #1

Doris Lessing

416 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing

The Memoirs of a Survivor

Doris Lessing

192 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction science fiction dark reflective slow-paced
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross

Mr. Peanut

Adam Ross

335 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller mysterious reflective medium-paced
Ohio by Stephen Markley

Ohio

Stephen Markley

512 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced