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12 books

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

239 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder by Allan V. Horwitz, Jerome C. Wakefield

The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder

Allan V. Horwitz, Jerome C. Wakefield

312 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative sad slow-paced
Holly by Stephen King

Holly

Holly Gibney #3

Stephen King

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plays 2: On Raftery's Hill / Ariel / Woman and Scarecrow / The Cordelia Dream / Marble by Marina Carr

Plays 2: On Raftery's Hill / Ariel / Woman and Scarecrow / The Cordelia Dream / Marble

Marina Carr

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction play challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Plays Four by Harold Pinter

Plays Four

Harold Pinter

530 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction play reflective medium-paced
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

154 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings #1-3

J.R.R. Tolkien

1193 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

205 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques

Trans: A Memoir

Juliet Jacques

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced