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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

959 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
fiction classics historical romance emotional sad slow-paced
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Bono

563 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.5alyssav's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective medium-paced
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

528 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

360 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

0.25alyssav's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

4.5alyssav's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir

Elizabeth Miki Brina

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich

Idaho

Emily Ruskovich

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.75alyssav's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Writers & Lovers by Lily King

Writers & Lovers

Lily King

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.5alyssav's review
fiction contemporary literary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
My Body Is a Book of Rules by Elissa Washuta

My Body Is a Book of Rules

Elissa Washuta

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

3.0alyssav's review
nonfiction essays memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced