Reintje Ghoos

22 books

Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere by André Aciman

Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere

André Aciman

208 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir travel challenging reflective slow-paced
And Their Children After Them by Nicolas Mathieu

And Their Children After Them

Nicolas Mathieu

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary reflective sad slow-paced
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Frans de Waal

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
The Bells of Bicetre by Georges Simenon

The Bells of Bicetre

Georges Simenon

240 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou

Black Moses

Alain Mabanckou

208 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous reflective fast-paced
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

The Bullet That Missed

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #3

Richard Osman

413 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime mystery adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Change by Édouard Louis

Change

Édouard Louis

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction autobiography emotional reflective medium-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

226 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

The Good Lord Bird

James McBride

458 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne

712 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced