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The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

653 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Where I'm Calling from by Raymond Carver

Where I'm Calling from

Raymond Carver

526 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction classics short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr

The Shell Collector

Anthony Doerr

219 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
Selected Stories by Alice Munro

Selected Stories

Alice Munro

664 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction literary short stories reflective slow-paced
The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro

The Love of a Good Woman

Alice Munro

352 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction literary short stories reflective medium-paced
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake

MaddAddam #1

Margaret Atwood

389 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction reflective slow-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

12 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

The Year of the Flood

MaddAddam #2

Margaret Atwood

431 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch

George Eliot

800 pages • first pub 1871 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee

Life and Times of Michael K

J.M. Coetzee

192 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction literary dark reflective sad slow-paced