Rita Desti

30 books

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

Machado de Assis

368 pages • first pub 1881 (editions)

fiction classics funny reflective medium-paced
Seeing by José Saramago

Seeing

Blindness #2

José Saramago

307 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Splendor of Portugal by António Lobo Antunes

The Splendor of Portugal

António Lobo Antunes

535 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction historical romance reflective slow-paced
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

Veronika Decides to Die

On the Seventh Day #2

Paulo Coelho

210 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction contemporary philosophy emotional reflective slow-paced
Warning to the Crocodiles by António Lobo Antunes

Warning to the Crocodiles

António Lobo Antunes

377 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction romance challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

José Saramago

384 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction historical reflective relaxing slow-paced
All the Names by José Saramago

All the Names

José Saramago

245 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction literary thriller reflective slow-paced
Ballad of Dogs' Beach: Dossier of a Crime by José Cardoso Pires
Ballad of Dogs' Beach: Dossier of a Crime
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José Cardoso Pires

Ballad of Dogs' Beach: Dossier of a Crime

José Cardoso Pires

181 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago

Baltasar and Blimunda

José Saramago

360 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Cain by José Saramago

Cain

José Saramago

159 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical religion challenging reflective slow-paced