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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0jan1k's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa

The Girl Who Played Go

Shan Sa

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

4.0jan1k's review
fiction historical emotional medium-paced
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam

241 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

2.0jan1k's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima

181 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

4.0jan1k's review
fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced
Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah

Untold Night and Day

Bae Suah

160 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jan1k's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

Cixin Liu

400 pages • first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

4.0jan1k's review
fiction science fiction challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0jan1k's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

127 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

4.0jan1k's review
fiction classics philosophy poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0jan1k's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

19 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions)

4.25jan1k's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced