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21 books

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir by Jen Sookfong Lee

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart: A Memoir

Jen Sookfong Lee

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

Cleanness

Garth Greenwell

223 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

179 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir inspiring reflective medium-paced
In the Country by Mia Alvar

In the Country

Mia Alvar

368 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

152 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

240 pages • first pub 1909 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious medium-paced
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Olivia Laing

315 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Idiot

The Idiot #1

Elif Batuman

423 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary funny reflective slow-paced
Beauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan

Beauty Is a Wound

Eka Kurniawan

470 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism dark mysterious medium-paced
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job

Kikuko Tsumura

416 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced