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14 books

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

The Little Friend

Donna Tartt

555 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth by Jason Stanford, Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson

Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

Jason Stanford, Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson

413 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

267 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
S. Ship of Theseus. by J.J. Abrams

S. Ship of Theseus.

J.J. Abrams

470 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature by Robert Greene

The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

Robert Greene

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

informative medium-paced
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind by Siri Hustvedt

A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind

Siri Hustvedt

576 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst

438 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

The Dark Star Trilogy #1

Marlon James

620 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

445 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Tender by Belinda McKeon

Tender

Belinda McKeon

416 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced