jbright's read books


Expand filter menu Filter list (461 books)

461 books

Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Five-Carat Soul

James McBride

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
The Diving Pool by Yōko Ogawa

The Diving Pool

Yōko Ogawa

164 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi

The Tattoo Murder Case

Akimitsu Takagi

324 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

3.5jbright's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.0jbright's review
fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
Pod: A Novel by Laline Paull

Pod: A Novel

Laline Paull

266 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0jbright's review
fiction contemporary literary mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

4.75jbright's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

430 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

4.0jbright's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature by Elizabeth Winkler

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature

Elizabeth Winkler

416 pages • missing pub info (editions)

3.5jbright's review
nonfiction biography history medium-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

241 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jbright's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Zora Neale Hurston

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced