Jos den Bekker

17 books

All Men Are Liars by Alberto Manguel

All Men Are Liars

Alberto Manguel

240 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Farm by Héctor Abad Faciolince

The Farm

Héctor Abad Faciolince

375 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Rebecca Solnit

184 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
In the Beginning Was the Sea by Tomás González

In the Beginning Was the Sea

Tomás González

172 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary dark tense medium-paced
Life Class by Pat Barker

Life Class

Life Class #1

Pat Barker

249 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

Lullaby

Chuck Palahniuk

260 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy horror dark funny medium-paced
Oblivion: A Memoir by Héctor Abad Faciolince

Oblivion: A Memoir

Héctor Abad Faciolince

263 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

418 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk

Pygmy

Chuck Palahniuk

241 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark funny medium-paced