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55 books

After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

After the Quake

Haruki Murakami

162 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
fiction contemporary literary magical realism short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
Wailing Ghosts by Pu Songling

Wailing Ghosts

Penguin Little Black Classics #7

Pu Songling

56 pages • first pub 1740 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
fiction classics fantasy horror short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami

Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa

Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami

272 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
nonfiction music informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower by Roseann Lake

Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower

Roseann Lake

missing duration info • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China by Lucetta Kam

Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China

Lucetta Kam

152 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
Queer Women in Urban China: An Ethnography by Elisabeth L. Engebretsen

Queer Women in Urban China: An Ethnography

Elisabeth L. Engebretsen

194 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
O Principezinho by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

O Principezinho

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

96 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
fiction childrens classics fantasy emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

342 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Breakthrough by Daphne du Maurier

The Breakthrough

Penguin Modern #3

Daphne du Maurier

58 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
fiction classics science fiction short stories mysterious slow-paced
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

De Profundis

Oscar Wilde

78 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

5.0carlaafmelo's review
nonfiction classics essays lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced