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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

959 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
fiction classics historical romance emotional sad slow-paced
Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir

Elizabeth Miki Brina

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Woman in Me

Britney Spears

277 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth

William Shakespeare

592 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
fiction classics play challenging slow-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

118 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

89 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
White Magic by Elissa Washuta

White Magic

Elissa Washuta

424 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
nonfiction essays memoir informative inspiring medium-paced
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

64 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0alyssav's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced