Laura Vidal

24 books

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

288 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative sad medium-paced
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes

Belgravia

Belgravia #1

Julian Fellowes

417 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical romance relaxing slow-paced
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Norman Doidge

427 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective medium-paced
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Burial Rites

Hannah Kent

338 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Devotion by Hannah Kent

Devotion

Hannah Kent

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

292 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

The Female Persuasion

Meg Wolitzer

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah

454 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
The Good People by Hannah Kent

The Good People

Hannah Kent

386 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Horns by Joe Hill

Horns

Joe Hill

384 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious fast-paced