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Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

317 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

4.0decent's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

Happy Hour

Marlowe Granados

273 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.75decent's review
fiction contemporary literary funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Hubert Selby Jr.

272 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

2.0decent's review
fiction classics thriller dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz

The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Fran Lebowitz

336 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

4.25decent's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City by Edward Chisholm

A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

Edward Chisholm

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0decent's review
nonfiction essays memoir adventurous informative medium-paced
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

311 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

4.5decent's review
fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

629 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0decent's review
fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

672 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

4.5decent's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

3.0decent's review
fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell

Notes on Nationalism

Penguin Modern #7

George Orwell

52 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

4.0decent's review
nonfiction classics essays politics informative reflective medium-paced