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Bliss by Peter Carey

Bliss

Peter Carey

304 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction literary reflective medium-paced
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

6 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
nonfiction essays memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Manuel Puig

288 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ challenging reflective slow-paced
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

11 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
nonfiction history nature politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Howards End by E.M. Forster

Howards End

E.M. Forster

382 pages • first pub 1910 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

The Golden Enclaves

The Scholomance #3

Naomi Novik

407 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Crossing by Pajtim Statovci

Crossing

Pajtim Statovci

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Silas Marner by George Eliot

Silas Marner

George Eliot

240 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction classics historical emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

A Memory of Light

The Wheel of Time #14

Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

909 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

Anne de Marcken

132 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0boyrat's review
fiction dystopian literary speculative fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced