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144 books

Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary by Kenneth Branagh, William Shakespeare

Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary

Kenneth Branagh, William Shakespeare

224 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction classics dark medium-paced
Ordinary People by Diana Evans

Ordinary People

Diana Evans

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone

Richard Lloyd Parry

276 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction history informative reflective sad slow-paced
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

340 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

784 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer

The Wife

Meg Wolitzer

224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

143 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer

The Pumpkin Eater

Penelope Mortimer

144 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde

176 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0bookishl's review
fiction classics funny medium-paced